A new study published in Nature Physics introduces a theory of electron-phonon coupling that is affected by the quantum geometry of the electronic wavefunctions. The movement of electrons in a lattice ...

The natural processes are based on codes establishing the laws and principles governing physics, chemistry, biology relationships and interactions, and the concepts of matter, space, and time. For ...

Electron transfer and transport constitute the fundamental mechanisms governing the performance of polymeric dielectrics, yet their microscopic nature remains elusive due to the intrinsic complexity ...

In materials science, if you can understand the "texture" of a material—how its internal patterns form and shift—you can begin to design how it behaves. That's the focus of the work of Zhenglu Li, ...

In a process analogous to how solids melt into liquids, the electrons in many different metals form crystal-like patterns that can deform and melt, opening new pathways for neuromorphic computing and ...