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Mar 2, 2016
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

First Experimental Observation of Weyl Points

J. Joannopoulos and M. Soljačić  

Weyl particles – massless particles linearly dispersing in all three dimensions (3D) -- were first theorized by Hermann Weyl in 1929, who found such a solution to the Dirac equation proposed by Paul Dirac in 1928. A material hosting Weyl particles features singular points in its dispersion relations – the Weyl points. Weyl points are 3D upgrades of the 2D Dirac points in graphene, the proposal of which led to a Nobel prize in Physics in 2010. However, there has been no observation of the Weyl points (particles) until 2015.
Feb 1, 2016

RT-MRSEC Wins Dean's Award for Inclusive Excellence

Kelly Chavez, Executive Director, RT-MRSEC

We are excited to announce that the Research Triangle MRSEC has won the Dean’s Award for Inclusive Excellence in Graduate Education!
Jan 28, 2016
Brandeis University

Hierarchical organization of chiral colloidal

P. Sharma, A. W. Ward, T. Gibaud, M. F. Hagan and Z. Dogic

Liquid–liquid phase separation in bulk proceeds through the continuous coalescence of droplets until the system undergoes complete phase separation. But when colloids, nanoparticles or proteins are confined to interfaces, surfaces or membranes, their interactions differ fundamentally from those mediated by