Research

These articles show a samling of the research in cyberscience—we define cyberscience in its broadest sense, to include advanced computing and information science to enable discovery and design through modeling, simulation, data analysis and visualization. For more articles, see our Publications page.

Penn State Science Journal:

New Technique to Tip Electron Spins Makes Way for All-Optical Quantum Computation in Solids (Steve Sampsell)
"Ultrafast Manipulation of Electron Spin Coherence," published in the June 29, 2002 issue of Science, reveals a new way to manipulate optically quantum spin states on ultrafast time scales(femtoseconds). The authors suggest that the ability to quickly manipulate electron spins could pave the way... Read more

Supercomputer Simulations Reveal Strongest Carbon Nanotubes (Ron Graham, San Diego Supercomputer Center)
A team of researchers led by Vincent Crespi, the Downsborough Associate Professor of Physics at Penn State University, has used computer simulations to discover carbon fibers with mechanical strength comparable to that of diamond. In a paper published in the 17 September 2001 issue of Physical Review Letters, Crespi, graduate student Dragan Stojkovic, and recent Ph.D. graduate Peihong Zhang report that they discovered incredibly strong and stiff carbon tubes about 0.4 nanometers in diameter. The so-called nanotubes could theoretically be made from simple starting materials. Read more