Q&A: Chiral phonons research offers new ways to control materials The rapidly growing field of research on chiral phonons is giving researchers new insights into the fundamental behaviors and structures of materials. The chirality of phonons could pave the way for new methods to control material properties and to encode information at the quantum level, which has implications for, among other areas, quantum technologies, electronics, energy transport, and sensor technology.

✨Unlocking material secrets!🌀Chiral phonons—twisting sound waves—could revolutionize quantum tech, energy & sensors. A new frontier in material science! 🔬#phonons

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New Electron Microscopy Reveals Directional Atomic Vibrations

UC Irvine researchers used q‑selective electron energy‑loss spectroscopy (EELS) to map atomic‑scale phonon vibrations, testing on strontium titanate and barium titanate. getnews.me/new-electron-microscopy-... #qselectiveeels #phonons

Physicists build microscopic 'trampoline' to improve sound wave control in microchips The wildest trampoline in the world swings sideways and "around corners." Yet, no one can jump on it, because it's not even a millimeter tall. Physicists from the University of Konstanz, the University of Copenhagen, and ETH Zurich designed and constructed it. Why? The aim is to demonstrate improved methods of phonon transport—for example, for use in microchips, where phonons are directed through tight bends. The research is published in the journal Nature.

🤯 Scientists built a trampoline you can't jump on…it's atom-sized! ✨ Exploring how energy flows in tiny tech—future microchips may bend heat! 🔬 #phonons

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New lecture notes on Exciton-phonon coupling | Claudio Attaccalite's Homepage

New lecture notes on Exciton-phonon coupling are available on my webpage:
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Newly fabricated #crystals control interactions between #high-frequency #phonons and single #quantum #systems

Using #diamond #phononic_crystals down to 20 nm to control the interactions between high-frequency phonons
diamond phononic crystals for suppressing that ...

Adding sound to quantum simulations phys.org/news/2021-11-adding-quan... An optical lattice with sound https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03945-x #phonons

Trapping the Tiniest Sound Controlling the smallest unit of sound could have applica...

Trapping the tiniest sound - controlling the smallest unit of sound could have applications in quantum information www.scientificamerican.com/article/trapping-the-tin... #phonons