One of the striking aspects of the quantum world is that a particle, say, an electron, is also a wave, meaning that it exists in many places at the same time. In a new study, reported today in Nature, researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science make use of this property to develop a new type of tool—the quantum twisting microscope (QTM)—that can create novel quantum materials while simultaneously gazing into the most fundamental quantum nature of their electrons.
The study's findings may be used to create electronic materials with unprecedented functionalities.
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