Physicists fine-tune control of agile exotic materials
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 18:10
in Physics & Chemistry
Physicists have found a way to control the length and strength of waves of atomic motion called polaritons that have promising potential uses such as fine-scale imaging and the transmission of information within tight spaces. Heterostructures made from graphene and hexagonal boron nitride support hybrid plasmon-phonon polaritons that can be tuned electronically.