Recent advances have significantly deepened our understanding of how systems evolve when driven far from equilibrium. Non-equilibrium thermodynamics examines energy flows, dissipation and entropy ...

The Kibble-Zurek (KZ) mechanism, confirmed experimentally only for equilibrium phase transitions, is also applicable for non-equilibrium phase transitions, as is now shown in a landmark study. The KZ ...

Two-dimensional systems offer a uniquely rich landscape for exploring phase transitions that diverge markedly from their three-dimensional counterparts. In these systems, reduced dimensionality ...

Two research teams led by Academician GUO Guangcan, headed by Prof. SHI Baosen and Prof. DING Dongsheng from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of Chinese Academy of Science, with ...

A light pulse redirects electrons in an ultrathin layered material, creating a stable new state without heat or damage and suggesting a low-energy route to faster electronics. (Nanowerk Spotlight) ...