March 2, 2015

IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS QUANTUM COMPUTING: METALS AT ATOMIC SCALE




(March 2, 2015)  In the latest issue of the journal Nature Physics, German Scientists report that they could observe experimentally the current flow along channels at the crystal surfaces of topological insulators. The channels are less than one nanometer wide and extend along atomic steps of the crystal lattice. The scientists demonstrated also how these steps can be introduced in any arrangement.