Shachel Ilani

the electron dance. Prof. Shachel Ilani's lab, Weizmann Institute

the electron dance

Simulation of the experiment in which the first images of a quantum electronic crystal were obtained, the existence of which was predicted 80 years ago. The researchers saw electrons arranged as pearls in a string (red balls) along a nanowire. To observe the electrons without affecting them, a single electron (in green) carried by another nanowire was used as a sensor (scanning detector) that detected the electric fields created by the electrons in the crystal

like an electron on a wire

A device for creating carbon nanotubes

degrees of freedom