November 23, 2022

"Sliding and climbing between electrical polarizations": The periodic crystal structure contains a pair of atoms at regular intervals in each horizontal layer. Each additional layer can be slid to the right or left in the horizontal plane to place a blue atom exactly above a red atom or vice versa, thereby bouncing electrons with an electrical charge up or down between the layers. Unlike in polarized crystals known so far, the electric potential in the new system changes in a constant and well-defined value between each step. It is possible to climb in a controlled manner between all the different options, that is, it is possible to switch between the information units in the same crystal in contrast to a pair of modes in previous technologies. Courtesy of Tel Aviv University

Atomic steps in the thin electrical scale in nature

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ERC grants to dozens of researchers from all universities (Rashi

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ERC Starting Grants are designed to help young and promising scientists advance their research, form research teams and pursue the realization of bold and original ideas. The nomination and the candidates are required to show potential for scientific breakthroughs, intense ambition
structure of a molecule. Illustration: depositphotos.com

A light-activated reaction produces stereoisomeric molecules in one simple step

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Researchers have developed a new reaction that converts chiral molecules into stereoisomers that are opposite in direction. The reaction focuses on inactive stereocenters that until now have been challenging to react