Author Archives
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Image of the week: exploring surface-melting-induced-faceting in semiconductors
This week’s image comes from an experimental paper exploring the nanoscopic mechanisms involved in the phase transition of semiconductors.
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How do researchers research?
IOP Publishing and Research Information Network (RIN) release new report on information practices in the physical sciences.
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Karl-Heinz Ernst: manipulating molecules
Find out how Professor Dr Karl-Heinz Ernst manipulates single molecules and what technique he believes has revolutionized surface science.
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Joe Smerdon: growing graphene
Dr Joe Smerdon talks about his research with beautiful molecular layers and what world issue he would like to see science solve.
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Image of the week: hybrid devices for quantum information
The authors of this week’s image find a more efficient way of analysing the properties of hybrid devices for processing quantum information.
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Experimental evidence for the predicted chiral anomaly
Find out about the recent discovery made by researchers at Princeton University.
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Hartmut Löwen: soft condensed matter and more
Professor Dr Hartmut Löwen of the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf talks here about his experiences in soft condensed matter and what keeps him motivated in this fast paced field of physics.
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Image of the week: model systems for chemisorption
Today’s Image of the Week comes from a recent JPCM paper exploring a model system looking at alkali metal on metal surfaces.
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JPCM topical review round-up part 6: Understanding the elusive topological superconductor
The final review in my round-up of the year so far discusses from both a theoretical and experimental point of view the search and properties of nodal topological superconductors.
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JPCM topical review round-up part 5: Are nanopores the key to cheaper genome sequencing?
In the penultimate post of the series I look at a review discussing the state of art of nanopores for cheaper and faster DNA sequencing techniques.
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JPCM topical review round-up part 4: Silicene – the new 2D material with potential
In my fourth post I look at the rise of 2D materials and one of the exciting alternatives to graphene.
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JPCM topical review round-up part 3: How to find new materials
In the third post celebrating some of the diverse and engaging topical reviews published in JPCM this year, I join the search for new materials.
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JPCM topical review round-up part 2: Graphene – from 2D to 3D
In the second part of my mid-year topical review round-up I look at a review by David Tománek who examines the many challenges researchers face when taking the exceptional graphene and its extraordinary electronic and thermal properties from the 2D into the 3D world of devices and applications.
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JPCM topical review round-up part 1: Semiconducting nanowires and the living cell
In this summary of Christelle N Prinz’s topical review you can find out what happens when a nanowire meets a living cell and the challenges facing researchers trying to improve and expand the use of these nanostructures in biomedical applications.
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May and June’s LabTalks in JPCM
Mysterious forces, cooking majoranas and a systematic approach to predicting the piezoelectric properties of materials all feature in JPCM LabTalks. Come find out more.
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Image of the week: tuning silicene synthesis
Silicene, often seen as graphene’s silicon counter-part is the latest 2D synthesised crystal to receive the attention of the material and condensed matter communities. This week’s image comes from work by C Grazianetti et al 2015 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 27… Read More ›
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JPCM board member highlights: Paulo Teixeira
One of JPCM’s board members, Paulo Teixeira, highlights what interested him about a particular topical review published in the journal last year.
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