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Read more at: Phase Transiting to a New Quantum Universe
Phase Transiting to a New Quantum Universe

Phase Transiting to a New Quantum Universe

11 April 2014

Recent insight and discovery of a new class of quantum transition opens the way for a whole new subfield of materials physics and quantum technologies. This week an article in Nature Physics reports the results on quantum properties of ferroelectric crystals, led by Stephen Rowley, together with Siddharth Saxena and...

Read more at: Relaxing DNA takes its time

Relaxing DNA takes its time

30 July 2013

A team of physicists working at the Universities of Cambridge and Leipzig have used a combination of single molecule techniques and theoretical calculations to follow and quantitatively describe the relaxation dynamics of DNA molecules. The work was published in the journal Nature Communications ( http://www.nature.com/...

Read more at: Making graphene work - Layer-by-Layer

Making graphene work - Layer-by-Layer

30 July 2013

A Cambridge-based collaborative research project led by Dr Stefan Hofmann of the Engineering Department has been awarded £2.3M by the EPSRC (project total £2.83M) to address the manufacturability of graphene and related novel layered 2D materials and to create a basis for a lucrative high-tech graphene industry and product...

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