Scientists Create Armour for Fragile Quantum Technology
Written by AZoNanoFeb 8 2021
An international team of scientists has invented the equivalent of body armour for extremely fragile quantum systems, which will make them robust enough to be used as the basis for a new generation of low-energy electronics.
FLEET ANU researchers in the Nonlinear Physics Centre (NLPC) of the ANU Research School of Physics: from left Research Fellow Dr Eliezer Estrecho, PhD student Matthias Wurdack, PhD student Tinghe Yun. Image Credit: Phil Dooley ANU
The scientists applied the armour by gently squashing droplets of liquid metal gallium onto the materials, coating them with gallium oxide.