Crystal phase, a critical structural characteristic beyond the morphology, size, dimension,
facet, etc., determines the physicochemical properties of nanomaterials. As a group of …

Inhomogeneous superconductors can host electronic excitations, known as Andreev bound
states (ABSs), below the superconducting energy gap. With the advent of topological …

In the effort to develop disruptive quantum technologies, germanium is emerging as a
versatile material to realize devices capable of encoding, processing and transmitting …

In this report we review the present state of the art of the control of propagating quantum
states at the single-electron level and its potential application to quantum information …

A recent experiment [Nadj-Perge et al., Science 346, 602 (2014)] provides evidence for
Majorana zero modes in iron (Fe) chains on the superconducting Pb (110) surface. Here, we …

Semiconductors are essential materials that affect our everyday life in the modern world.
Two-dimensional semiconductors with high mobility and moderate bandgap are particularly …

The physics and operating principles of hybrid superconductor–semiconductor devices rest
ultimately on the magnetic properties of their elementary subgap excitations, usually called …

Carbon nanotubes are a versatile material in which many aspects of condensed matter
physics come together. Recent discoveries have uncovered new phenomena that …

The Josephson effect describes supercurrent flowing through a junction connecting two
superconducting leads by a thin barrier. This current is driven by a superconducting phase …

Graphene is the physical realization of many fundamental concepts and phenomena in solid-
state physics. However, in the list of graphene's many remarkable properties …