Making quantum vibrations nonlinear to enable phonon-phonon interactions

Phonons are the quantum units of mechanical vibration. They describe how motion propagates through a solid at the smallest ...
Science Daily

Scientists are first to observe, image all-important molecular vibrations

In a study published today in Nature, researchers at UCI's Center for Chemistry at the Space-Time Limit describe how they positioned the atomically terminated silver tip of a scanning tunneling ...
The Irish Times

That’s Maths: Resonant vibrations from atoms to the far horizons of the cosmos

Panta Rhei – everything flows – said Heraclites, describing the impermanence of the world. He might well have said “everything vibrates”. From subatomic particles to the farthest reaches of the cosmos ...
Nanowerk

Engineered nanostring triggers five vibration modes for ultrasensitive sensing

Scientists engineered a nanostring that cascades energy through five vibration modes from a single push, opening new paths for ultrasensitive nanoscale sensors. (Nanowerk News) Scientists at TU Delft ...
Machine Design

Vibration Analysis, for Designers

The last few years have shown progress in finite-element analysis intended for use by design engineers. Many programs that work with CAD provide several different types of analysis, and the range of ...
EurekAlert!

UCI scientists are first to observe, image all-important molecular vibrations

Irvine, Calif., April 3, 2019 - By focusing light down to the size of an atom, scientists at the University of California, Irvine have produced the first images of a molecule's normal modes of ...