Jan 6, 2025
Physicists Measure Quantum Geometry of Electrons For First Time
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: innovation, quantum physics
A new breakthrough may help scientists solve some of the mysteries of the quantum realm.
For the first time, physicists have been able to measure the geometrical ‘shape’ a lone electron adopts as it moves through a solid. It’s an achievement that will unlock a whole new way of studying how crystalline solids behave on a quantum level.
“We’ve essentially developed a blueprint for obtaining some completely new information that couldn’t be obtained before,” says physicist Riccardo Comin of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).