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A University of Washington-led team has discovered that, by stacking a sheet of graphene onto bulk graphite at a small twist angle (top), “exotic” properties present at the graphene-graphite interface (yellow) can bleed down into the graphite itself. Courtesy: Ellis Thompson, University of Washington

System Integration

Researchers put a new twist on graphite

Quantum computing development made with magnetic twist

Focused laser light generates an optical “tractor beam,” which can manipulate and orient semiconductor nanorods (red) with metal tips (blue) in an organic solvent solution. The energy from the laser superheats the metallic tip of the trapped nanorod, allowing the aligned nanorods to be welded together end-to-end in a solution-based “nanosoldering” process. Courtesy: University of Washington

Discrete Manufacturing

Method developed to make nanoscale manufacturing possible

Discrete Manufacturing

3-D printed metasurface design can control optical fields