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Nobody knows whether tomorrow’s silicon qubits will be electron qubits or hole qubits. If this exciting new research by an Irig PhD student is any indication, the suspense is going to go on a little longer!This major research showed that hole spin can be manipulated and read based on detailed characterization of the hole spin’s […] >>

Researchers at Irig* leveraged ESRF X-ray imaging, simulation, and a neural network algorithm to characterize the deformations in platinum nanoparticles similar to those used in catalytic converters—a first.The in operando observations were completed on model particles in contact with carbon dioxide, and measurements were taken on a cycle over twelve hours. The observations and measurements […] >>

Polar codes, invented in 2009, are a particularly promising breed of error correction code with a wide range of potential uses. The codes were used in a PhD research project at CEA-Leti and Grenoble computer science lab LIGLAB to develop quantum-specific polar codes.In this research, the polar quantum error correction codes corrected noise (represented as […] >>

The ANR (French national research agency) Latino project has been looking at how mechanical-to-electrical conversion processes work at the nano scale since the beginning of March in research conducted by IMEP-LaHC, LMGP, IM2NP (Marseille), and the Soleil synchrotron. The partners are employing several techniques not generally used for this kind of research to study zinc […] >>

Gingko biloba trees, known for their longevity and medicinal properties, are now being used in nanoscience. Two teams of researchers a Irig used the plant’s LEAFY protein, which is involved in flowering, to develop a 40-layer nanomaterial made up of cells spaced 8 nm apart. The perfectly aligned cells offer excellent mechanical resistance and molecular […] >>