Today in Nature: Coherence and quantum entanglement controlled by #attosecond pulses.

Researchers at UAM, MBI and IMDEA Nano tune the degree of entanglement at the cost of quantum coherence.

+info https://nanociencia.imdea.org/home-en/news/item/researchers-tune-quantum-entanglement-and-coherence-using-attosecond-laser-pulses #IMDEAnanoPublications

New computational method captures molecular dynamics after ultrafast excitation.

Researchers capture how electrons and nuclei interact after #attosecond light excitation in a numerically inexpensive way.

⚡️ https://nanociencia.imdea.org/home-en/news/item/new-computational-method-captures-molecular-dynamics-after-ultrafast-excitation-of-several-coherent-states

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A new route for determining the structure and function of proteins.

Researchers at IMDEA Nanociencia and Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste use engineered protein scaffolds to create ordered arrays aiming at enhancing the signal at the detector.

+info https://nanociencia.imdea.org/home-en/news/item/a-new-route-for-determining-the-structure-and-function-of-proteins

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Un "atasco" inesperado para los electrones en el silicio.

Investigadores en IMDEA Nanociencia y MPIP revelan cómo los electrones quedan temporalmente atrapados en el silicio cuando son fotoexcitados con fotones infrarrojos. 🚙 🚗

https://nanociencia.imdea.org/home-en/news/item/an-unexpected-traffic-jam-for-photo-generated-electrons-in-silicon #IMDEAnanoPublications

An unexpected “traffic jam” for electrons in silicon.

Researchers at IMDEA Nanociencia and MPIP reveal how photoexcited electrons get temporarily stuck in silicon when charge carriers are excited with infrared photons. 🚗 🚙

https://nanociencia.imdea.org/home-en/news/item/an-unexpected-traffic-jam-for-photo-generated-electrons-in-silicon #IMDEAnanoPublications

🧲 Can a single molecule act like a tiny magnetic switch? Yes!

Researchers at Uni. Zurich, EMPA and IMDEA Nano controlls the magnetic bistability of a nanographene that allows direct spin manipulation at the single-molecule level.

+info https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67039-2

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The work of José S. Costa is featured in the cover of Adv. Funct. Mater.

🧪 ⚡ Luminescent metal-organic framework lights up in presence of CO₂. This europium-based LMOF senses the gas at room temperature.

+info: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202512487

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¿Puede una sola molécula ofrecer una nueva perspectiva sobre el magnetismo a escala atómica?

🥢La punta STM con niqueloceno distingue diferencias sutiles en los estados magnéticos de nanografenos.

+info: https://nanociencia.imdea.org/es/imdea-nanociencia/noticias/item/can-a-single-molecule-offer-a-new-window-into-atomic-scale-magnetism

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Can a single molecule offer a new window into atomic-scale magnetism?

🥢The nickelocene STM tip distinguishes subtle differences in nanographenes' magnetic states.

+info: https://nanociencia.imdea.org/home-en/news/item/can-a-single-molecule-offer-a-new-window-into-atomic-scale-magnetism

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Una investigación en IMDEA Nanociencia, CBM & CNB (CSIC) revela cómo las bacterias "sienten" superficies.

🧫🤏Usando microscopía de fluorescencia #FLIM las científicas observan los cambios en la tensión de la membrana en tiempo real.

https://nanociencia.imdea.org/es/imdea-nanociencia/noticias/item/an-advanced-fluorescence-microscopy-technique-reveals-how-bacteria-feel-surfaces
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