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.
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.
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