A new method by Penn State researchers conveniently changes the direction of electron flow in materials that exhibit the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect — a phenomenon in which the flow of ...

Researchers from Japan have discovered a unique Hall effect resulting from deflection of electrons due to "in-plane ...

If you ever wished electrons would just behave, this one’s for you. A team from Tohoku, Osaka, and Manchester Universities has cracked open an interesting phenomenon in the chiral helimagnet α-EuP 3: ...

Physicists in the US have shown that light hitting a conductive metal surface at an angle can cause free electrons in the metal to move either in the same direction or in the opposite direction as the ...

Scientists in Korea have engineered magnetic nanohelices that can control electron spin with extraordinary precision at room ...

Researchers in South Korea have created magnetic nanohelices that can control electron spin at room temperature. Spintronics, also called spin electronics, explores information processing by using the ...

A river made of graphene with the electrons flowing like water. Courtesy: Ryan Allen and Peter Allen, Second Bay Studios Electrons can behave like a viscous liquid as they travel through a conducting ...

Spintronics, or spin-electronics, is a revolutionary approach to information processing that utilizes the intrinsic angular ...

Key learning points Electrical charges What are free electrons? Cell polarity Conventional current direction Electrons orbit the nucleus. An atom has a neutral charge, because it contains the same ...

A new electrical method to conveniently change the direction of electron flow in some quantum materials could have implications for the development of next-generation electronic devices and quantum ...