Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Argonne maintains a wide-ranging science and technology portfolio that seeks to address complex challenges in interdisciplinary and innovative ways. Below is a list of all articles, highlights, profiles, projects, and organizations related specifically to nanoscience and nanotechnology.

X-rays reveal the inner workings of quantum sound-wave technology

Pioneering Argonne, UChicago study could boost discovery for quantum technology
Scientists seeking quantum breakthroughs subject crystalline materials to sound waves
Scientists subject crystal to sound waves in search of quantum leap

To develop the next generation of quantum technologies, scientists need to find materials with unique optical and electrical properties.
Seeing sound: Scientists observe how acoustic interactions change materials at the atomic level
Illuminating the Role of Nanoscale Defects on Diminished Semiconductor Performance by Scanning Probe Microscopy

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Seeing sound: Scientists observe how acoustic interactions change materials at the atomic level

Interaction of sound and light reveals new information of a crystal’s quantum properties.

$Argonne and University of Chicago scientists Joseph Heremans, Samuel Whiteley, Martin Holt, and Gary Wolfowicz stand by Argonne’s Hard X-ray Nanoprobe beamline, which was used for a new technique called stroboscopic Bragg diffraction microscopy to image sound waves in a crystal.$
Complexity in light: tuning quantum well emission through correlative microscopy

In a study published in Nano Letters, researchers demonstrated an advanced characterization toolkit for the investigation of semiconductor nanostructures.
A chiral nano-propeller for precision controlled rotations

In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers developed and characterized a multi-component molecular propeller that enables unidirectional rotations on a material surface when energized.
Uniaxial dipoles in semiconductor quantum rings

Transition dipole moments in CdSe quantum rings show a peculiar in-plane linear distribution.
Imaging defects in quantum materials

A unique route was demonstrated for directly imaging local strain in nanomechanical structures and quantifying dynamic structure-function relationships in materials.