A new regime in illuminated Josephson junctions

Researchers from the LPS and their collaborators have experimentally identified a new regime in Josephson junctions illuminated by microwave radiation. They found that high-frequency and high-power microwaves change the transport …

Permanent electric dipoles in CdSe nanoplatelets

Spontaneous electric polarization, a phenomenon called ferroelectricity, occurs in a material when the spatial distributions of positive and negative charges differ. It is therefore intimately related to the symmetry of …

Nanometer-scale phonon-plasmon coupling

The LPS STEM group and their collaborators have unveiled the interaction of phonons and plasmons at the nanometer scale. This interaction, which is discussed in an article just published in …

What is the friction of foam?

Is it better to take a smooth or a rough spoon to eat your chocolate mousse? That is the question that a team from the LPS answers by studying the …