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Battery-like supercapacitors feature high power and energy densities as well as long-term capacitance retention. The utilized capacitor electrodes are thus better to have large surface areas, high conductivity, high stability, and…

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Custom-designed colloidal particles in an optical tweezers act as light-mills in a fluid. In particular, aqueous suspensions of capped colloids, in which half of the surface is covered with metal layers, are investigated. Due to their…

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We measure the high magnetic field ($B$) microwave conductivity, Re$\sigma_{xx}$, of a high mobility 2D electron system containing an antidot array. Re$\sigma_{xx}$ vs frequency ($f$) increases strongly in the regime of the fractional…

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Electrons bound to the surface of liquid helium are an emerging quantum computing platform, offering the potential for highly mobile spin qubits that can be manipulated using CMOS-fabricated devices. Here, as a step toward realizing this…

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