Most major nations are running their own independent quantum missions with the aim of achieving self-reliance in quantum technology. The greatest attention in the field of quantum technologies has been…
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Quantum Battery: The Future of Energy Storage
Imagine taking a sip of your coffee and having a fully charged phone. Quantum batteries can make ultra-fast charging a reality. Recently, electric vehicles have become the future of transport. A quantum battery might be able to pack more energy into smaller packages, leading to lighter electric vehicles, and the wait time for charging an electric vehicle will also be reduced.
What are quantum materials and why are quantum materials important?
In last a few decades, there has been discovery and synthesis of a new class of materials that has astonishing properties but that could not be fully explained by the laws of classical physics. These properties can only be explained by quantum mechanics.
The Border Between Classical and Quantum Worlds: When Does Physics Go Quantum?
The value of this constant is very small = 6.626 x 10−34 J⋅s. At the time, no one fully understood the significance of this extremely small constant, but later we learned that it is this constant that sets the boundary between classical and quantum mechanics. In other words, this seemingly insignificant constant, with the dimension of energy x time, determines whether we need classical physics or quantum mechanics to describe a system.
The Quantum Evolution: Quantum Mechanics Developed Just Like Quantum Mechanics Works
How 7 Revolutionary Studies Changed Physics Forever Quantum confinement effect: controlled dance of electrons at microscopic level The 10 Best Quantum Mechanics Books We are celebrating 100 years since the…
Quantum confinement effect: controlled dance of electrons at microscopic level
Every solid material is made up of atoms and atoms have electrons. The arrangement of electrons in a material determines the properties of the material. In bulk materials (when the size of the material is big enough, let’s say more than 100 nm), the electrons are free to move in all the three dimensions (similar to us, as we also live in 3D) and at this level classical physics can explain all the behaviour of the materials. However, if we reduce the size of the material to microscopic scale, where electron movement is restricted at least in once dimension, the properties of the material change dramatically
The Pauli Effect: A Nightmare for Experimental Physicists
One of the most famous stories of the Pauli effect occurred in 1950 at Princeton University. A complex device suddenly broke down for no apparent reason. Scientists at the lab later discovered that Pauli had just come into town! This incident further cemented the myth.
The 10 Best Quantum Mechanics Books
List of the top 10 books on quantum mechanics which will either enlighten you or send you spiraling into existential crisis.