Individual phosphorene nanoribbons

On Day 16 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we highlight the discovery of #phosphorene #nanoribbons and their potential for next-generation #electronics (a study involving Professor Chris Howard of UCL Physics & Astronomy and Dr @clancylab.bsky.social of @uclchemistry.bsky.social): www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...

The power of quantum materials to harness photons for quantum technologies The delicate nature of qubits has spurred research into discovering special types of materials with quantum properties that can potentially create stable qubits.

I had fun learning about #nanoribbons, #quantumdots and #excitons from Avetik Harutyunyan, Boris Yakobson, Dorian Gangloff @eng.cam.ac.uk, Richard Warburton @unibas.ch & Mack Kira @umich.edu for my article in Photonics Focus @SPIE - spie.org/news/photoni...

Close-up of the optical table in the lab. Credit: Optoelectronics Lab / Cavendish Laboratory

🚀 Phosphorene Nanoribbons could potentially revolutionise electronics! 🚀
For the first time, researchers have confirmed that phosphorene #nanoribbons (PNRs) exhibit both magnetic and semiconducting properties at room temperature! 🔬✨ Read more: buff.ly/jYgUiLN

Understanding the Optical Properties of Doped and Undoped 9-Armchair Graphene #Nanoribbons in #Dispersion: New Cluster publication finds that #absorption & PL depend on #LCC fraction & edge defects. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c05246 @EvaBlascoPo #graphene #nanomaterials...