Quantum Material research connecting physicists in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai


A joint research team from The University of Hong Kong (HKU), Institute of Physics at Chinese Academy of Science, Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Beihang University in Beijing and Fudan University in Shanghai, provide a successful example of modern era quantum material research.  Continue reading

Breakthrough in Understanding Quantum Metals


Metals, especially interacting metallic states, never stop surprising people. Among the interesting phenomena that have emerged is the “high-temperature” superconductivity. This holds great promise for enabling highly-efficient energy transportation, but it can be achieved only at extremely cold temperatures (about -100 degrees Celsius or below) that are currently too costly and energy-intensive to replicate. Continue reading

   

金属的油腻表叔:一个没有电子费米面的新金属态 | 众妙之门

幸福的家庭都是相似的,不幸的家庭各有各的不幸。作家通过文学作品刻画人类社会的光怪陆离,科学家通过研究探索物质世界的丰富现象。这不,很多年前学界中传言金属家族中其实还有一位人们从未谋面的邋遢表叔—— “正交金属”。    Continue reading

   

被解救的诺特

看过好莱坞鬼才昆汀·塔伦蒂诺的电影《被解救的姜戈》的朋友,可能都思考过这样一个问题,除了表面上暴力美学和废奴主题之外,这部电影到底想要表达什么意思?鬼才当然不愧是鬼才,离奇的故事——狂野的西部片人设与弥漫着潮湿和神秘气息的南方奴隶庄园背景,姜戈在这个昆汀匠心设计的故事里,挣脱了时代强加在他身上的枷锁,经过生死的洗礼,邪恶的奴隶主坎迪(莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥)死了,好心仗义的德国赏金猎人舒尔茨(克里斯托弗·瓦尔兹)也死了,姜戈在杀光所有坏人后最终救出了妻子,体会到了追求自由的滋味。Continue reading