Scientists probe molecular limits of plasmonics

Optical effect detailed in organic molecules with fewer than 50 atoms.

Ultracold atoms used to verify 1963 prediction about 1D electronics

Atomic physicists have verified a key prediction from a 55-year-old theory about one-dimensional electronics that is increasingly relevant thanks to Silicon Valley's inexorable quest for miniaturization.

Peering into private life of atomic clusters - using the world's tiniest test tubes

Having already succeeded in 'filming' inter-molecular chemical reactions - using the electron beam of a transmission electron microscope (TEM) as a stop-frame imaging tool - researchers have now achieved time-resolved imaging of atomic-scale dynamics and chemical transformations promoted by metal nanoclusters.

Measuring the nanoworld

Researchers establish a benchmark for accurate determination of internal dimensions within individual molecules .

Tilted pulses

Physicists have produced extremely short and specifically-shaped electron pulses for materials studies in the femtosecond and attosecond range.