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Quantum nature of charge transport in inkjet-printed graphene revealed in high magnetic fields up to 60T (2024)
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Cottam, N. D., Wang, F., Austin, J. S., Tuck, C. J., Hague, R., Fromhold, M., …Turyanska, L. (2024). Quantum nature of charge transport in inkjet-printed graphene revealed in high magnetic fields up to 60T. Small, Article 2311416. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202311416

Inkjet‐printing of graphene, iGr, provides an alternative route for the fabrication of highly conductive and flexible graphene films for use in devices. However, the contribution of quantum phenomena associated with 2D single layer graphene, SLG, to... Read More about Quantum nature of charge transport in inkjet-printed graphene revealed in high magnetic fields up to 60T.

Designing Optimal Loop, Saddle, and Ellipse-Based Magnetic Coils by Spherical Harmonic Mapping (2023)
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Hobson, P. J., Hardwicke, N. L., Davis, A., Smith, T. X., Morley, C., Packer, M., …Fromhold, M. (2023). Designing Optimal Loop, Saddle, and Ellipse-Based Magnetic Coils by Spherical Harmonic Mapping. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 72, Article 1005815. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2023.3284138

Adaptable, low-cost, coils designed by carefully selecting the arrangements and geometries of simple primitive units are used to generate magnetic fields for diverse applications. These extend from magnetic resonance and fundamental physics experimen... Read More about Designing Optimal Loop, Saddle, and Ellipse-Based Magnetic Coils by Spherical Harmonic Mapping.

Wireless electrical–molecular quantum signalling for cancer cell apoptosis (2023)
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Jain, A., Gosling, J., Liu, S., Wang, H., Stone, E. M., Chakraborty, S., …Rawson, F. J. (2024). Wireless electrical–molecular quantum signalling for cancer cell apoptosis. Nature Nanotechnology, 19, 106-114. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01496-y

Quantum biological tunnelling for electron transfer is involved in controlling essential functions for life such as cellular respiration and homoeostasis. Understanding and controlling the quantum effects in biology has the potential to modulate biol... Read More about Wireless electrical–molecular quantum signalling for cancer cell apoptosis.

Benchtop magnetic shielding for benchmarking atomic magnetometers (2023)
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Hobson, P. J., Holmes, N., Patel, P., Styles, B., Chalmers, J., Morley, C., …Fromhold, M. (2023). Benchtop magnetic shielding for benchmarking atomic magnetometers. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 72, Article 6007309. https://doi.org/10.1109/tim.2023.3293540

Here, a benchtop hybrid magnetic shield containing four mumetal cylinders and nine internal flexible printed circuit boards is designed, constructed, tested, and operated. The shield is designed specifically as a test-bed for building and operating u... Read More about Benchtop magnetic shielding for benchmarking atomic magnetometers.

Naturalistic Hyperscanning with Wearable Magnetoencephalography (2023)
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Holmes, N., Rea, M., Hill, R. M., Boto, E., Leggett, J., Edwards, L. J., …Bowtell, R. (2023). Naturalistic Hyperscanning with Wearable Magnetoencephalography. Sensors, 23(12), Article 5454. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23125454

The evolution of human cognitive function is reliant on complex social interactions which form the behavioural foundation of who we are. These social capacities are subject to dramatic change in disease and injury; yet their supporting neural substra... Read More about Naturalistic Hyperscanning with Wearable Magnetoencephalography.

Enabling ambulatory movement in wearable magnetoencephalography with matrix coil active magnetic shielding (2023)
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Holmes, N., Rea, M., Hill, R. M., Leggett, J., Edwards, L. J., Hobson, P. J., …Bowtell, R. (2023). Enabling ambulatory movement in wearable magnetoencephalography with matrix coil active magnetic shielding. NeuroImage, 274, Article 120157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120157

The ability to collect high-quality neuroimaging data during ambulatory participant movement would enable a wealth of neuroscientific paradigms. Wearable magnetoencephalography (MEG) based on optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) has the potential to... Read More about Enabling ambulatory movement in wearable magnetoencephalography with matrix coil active magnetic shielding.

Casimir-Polder interactions of S-state Rydberg atoms with graphene (2023)
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Wongcharoenbhorn, K., Koller, C., Fromhold, T. M., & Li, W. (2023). Casimir-Polder interactions of S-state Rydberg atoms with graphene. Physical Review A, 107(4), Article 043308. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.107.043308

We investigate the thermal Casimir-Polder (CP) potential of 87Rb atoms in Rydberg nS-states near single- and double-layer graphene, and briefly look into the lifetimes near graphene-hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) multilayered structures. The dependenc... Read More about Casimir-Polder interactions of S-state Rydberg atoms with graphene.

Graphene FETs with high and low mobilities have universal temperature-dependent properties (2023)
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Gosling, J., Morozov, S. V., Vdovin, E. E., Greenaway, M. T., Khanin, Y. N., Kudrynskyi, Z., …Makarovsky, O. (2023). Graphene FETs with high and low mobilities have universal temperature-dependent properties. Nanotechnology, 34(12), Article 125702. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aca981

We use phenomenological modelling and detailed experimental studies of charge carrier transport to investigate the dependence of the electrical resistivity,ρ, on gate voltage,Vg, for a series of monolayer graphene field effect transistors with mobili... Read More about Graphene FETs with high and low mobilities have universal temperature-dependent properties.

Magnetic field design in a cylindrical high-permeability shield: The combination of simple building blocks and a genetic algorithm (2022)
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Packer, M., Hobson, P. J., Davis, A., Holmes, N., Leggett, J., Glover, P., …Fromhold, T. M. (2022). Magnetic field design in a cylindrical high-permeability shield: The combination of simple building blocks and a genetic algorithm. Journal of Applied Physics, 131(9), Article 093902. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0071986

Magnetically sensitive experiments and newly developed quantum technologies with integrated high-permeability magnetic shields require increasing control of their magnetic field environment and reductions in size, weight, power, and cost. However, ma... Read More about Magnetic field design in a cylindrical high-permeability shield: The combination of simple building blocks and a genetic algorithm.

Performance-Optimized Components for Quantum Technologies via Additive Manufacturing (2021)
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Madkhaly, S. H., Coles, L. A., Morley, C., Colquhoun, C. D., Fromhold, T. M., Cooper, N., & Hackermüller, L. (2021). Performance-Optimized Components for Quantum Technologies via Additive Manufacturing. PRX Quantum, 2(3), Article 030326. https://doi.org/10.1103/prxquantum.2.030326

Novel quantum technologies and devices place unprecedented demands on the performance of experimental components, while their widespread deployment beyond the laboratory necessitates increased robustness and fast affordable production. We show how th... Read More about Performance-Optimized Components for Quantum Technologies via Additive Manufacturing.

Universal mobility characteristics of graphene originating from charge scattering by ionised impurities (2021)
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Gosling, J. H., Makarovsky, O., Wang, F., Cottam, N. D., Greenaway, M. T., Patanè, A., …Fromhold, T. M. (2021). Universal mobility characteristics of graphene originating from charge scattering by ionised impurities. Communications Physics, 4(1), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00518-2

Pristine graphene and graphene-based heterostructures can exhibit exceptionally high electron mobility if their surface contains few electron-scattering impurities. Mobility directly influences electrical conductivity and its dependence on the carrie... Read More about Universal mobility characteristics of graphene originating from charge scattering by ionised impurities.

Additively manufactured ultra-high vacuum chamber for portable quantum technologies (2021)
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Cooper, N., Coles, L., Everton, S., Maskery, I., Campion, R., Madkhaly, S., …Hackermüller, L. (2021). Additively manufactured ultra-high vacuum chamber for portable quantum technologies. Additive Manufacturing, 40, Article 101898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.101898

© 2021 Additive manufacturing is having a dramatic impact on research and industry across multiple sectors, but the production of additively manufactured systems for ultra-high vacuum applications has so far proved elusive and widely been considered... Read More about Additively manufactured ultra-high vacuum chamber for portable quantum technologies.

Emergence and control of complex behaviors in driven systems of interacting qubits with dissipation (2021)
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Andreev, A. V., Balanov, A. G., Fromhold, T. M., Greenaway, M. T., Hramov, A. E., Li, W., …Zagoskin, A. M. (2021). Emergence and control of complex behaviors in driven systems of interacting qubits with dissipation. npj Quantum Information, 7(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-020-00339-1

Progress in the creation of large scale, artificial quantum coherent structures demands the investigation of their nonequilibrium dynamics when strong interactions, even between remote parts, are non-perturbative. Analysis of multiparticle quantum co... Read More about Emergence and control of complex behaviors in driven systems of interacting qubits with dissipation.

Optimal Inverse Design of Magnetic Field Profiles in a Magnetically Shielded Cylinder (2020)
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Packer, M., Hobson, P., Holmes, N., Leggett, J., Glover, P., Brookes, M., …Fromhold, T. (2020). Optimal Inverse Design of Magnetic Field Profiles in a Magnetically Shielded Cylinder. Physical Review Applied, 14(5), Article 054004. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.14.054004

Magnetic shields that use both active and passive components to enable the generation of a tailored low-field environment are required for many applications in science, engineering, and medical imaging. Until now, accurate field nulling, or field gen... Read More about Optimal Inverse Design of Magnetic Field Profiles in a Magnetically Shielded Cylinder.

Inter-Flake Quantum Transport of Electrons and Holes in Inkjet-Printed Graphene Devices (2020)
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Wang, F., Gosling, J. H., Rance, G. A., Trindade, G. F., Makarovsky, O., Cottam, N. D., …Turyanska, L. (2021). Inter-Flake Quantum Transport of Electrons and Holes in Inkjet-Printed Graphene Devices. Advanced Functional Materials, 31(5), Article 2007478. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202007478

© 2020 The Authors. Advanced Functional Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH 2D materials have unique structural and electronic properties with potential for transformative device applications. However, such devices are usually bespoke structures ma... Read More about Inter-Flake Quantum Transport of Electrons and Holes in Inkjet-Printed Graphene Devices.

Towards OPM-MEG in a virtual reality environment (2019)
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Roberts, G., Holmes, N., Alexander, N., Boto, E., Leggett, J., Hill, R. M., …Brookes, M. J. (2019). Towards OPM-MEG in a virtual reality environment. NeuroImage, 199, 408-417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.06.010

Virtual reality (VR) provides an immersive environment in which a participant can experience a feeling of presence in a virtual world. Such environments generate strong emotional and physical responses and have been used for wide-ranging applications... Read More about Towards OPM-MEG in a virtual reality environment.

Tunnel spectroscopy of localised electronic states in hexagonal boron nitride (2018)
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Patanè, A., Mishchenko, A., Greenaway, M., Vdovin, E., Ghazaryan, D., Misra, A., …Eaves, L. (2018). Tunnel spectroscopy of localised electronic states in hexagonal boron nitride. Communications Physics, 1(1), Article 94. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-018-0097-1

Hexagonal boron nitride is a large band gap layered crystal, frequently incorporated in van der Waals heterostructures as an insulating or tunnel barrier. Localised states with energies within its band gap can emit visible light, relevant to applicat... Read More about Tunnel spectroscopy of localised electronic states in hexagonal boron nitride.

3D-printed components for quantum devices (2018)
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Saint, R., Evans, W., Zhou, Y., Barrett, T. J., Fromhold, T., Saleh, E., …Krüger, P. (2018). 3D-printed components for quantum devices. Scientific Reports, 8, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26455-9

Recent advances in the preparation, control and measurement of atomic gases have led to new insights into the quantum world and unprecedented metrological sensitivities, e.g. in measuring gravitational forces and magnetic fields. The full potential o... Read More about 3D-printed components for quantum devices.

Atom chips with free-standing two-dimensional electron gases: advantages and challenges (2018)
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Sinuco-León, G. A., Kruger, P., & Fromhold, M. (2018). Atom chips with free-standing two-dimensional electron gases: advantages and challenges. Journal of Modern Optics, 65(5-6), https://doi.org/10.1080/09500340.2017.1423410

In this work, we consider the advantages and challenges of using free-standing two-dimensional electron gases (2DEG) as active components in atom chips for manipulating ultracold ensembles of alkali atoms. We calculate trapping parameters achievable... Read More about Atom chips with free-standing two-dimensional electron gases: advantages and challenges.