Strontium titanate was once used as a diamond substitute in jewelry before less fragile alternatives emerged in the 1970s. Now, researchers have explored some of its more unusual properties, which ...

At 4 degrees Kelvin, most electro-optic materials falter. Nanoelectronics R&D center imec has now successfully engineered thin-film strontium titanate (SrTiO ₃) that delivers record electro-optic ...

Quantum computers and detectors run at temperatures close to absolute zero. In these extreme conditions, even the best room temperature materials struggle to control light efficiently. This feature is ...

A new twist on a classic material could advance quantum computing and make modern data centers more energy efficient, according to a team led by researchers at Penn State. Subscribe to our newsletter ...

Ultra-fast data transfer and superconductivity: quantum materials offer significant technological prospects—if we can understand them at the atomic scale. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), ...

All materials do not conduct electricity in the same way. This difference depends on the behavior of the electrons that compose them. Among them, topological insulators, discovered in ...

Understanding quantum computing, from qubits science and tech breakthroughs to future quantum applications, and discovering how close we are to real-world use cases Pixabay, geralt Quantum computing ...

This article is part of a package on the future of quantum computing. Read about the most promising applications of these machines here and see an illustrated field guide to qubits here. Inside a ...

A strained form of barium titanate thin film on gadolinium scandate shows an electro-optic response 10 times stronger than today’s best materials at cryogenic temperatures. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A ...