Physics Research at NTU

Research in the Division of Physics and Applied Physics covers numerous exciting topics including quantum technology, nanotechnology, superconductivity, photonics, complex systems, and more. Our researchers regularly publish in top scientific journals, and we have been highly successful in attracting competitive research funding, contributing to establishment of state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and research centres in SPMS.

Click on the links below to learn more about our research accomplishments in different areas of physics.

Recent Research Highlights

Creating High-Purity Jets of Light and Matter

NTU physicists have observed the polaritonic spin-Hall effect, in which hybrid light-matter particles split into two jets with different spins.
20 Mar 2024

Taming Turbulence in Nuclear Fusion Reactors

Plasma physicist Professor Xavier Garbet discusses his research on turbulence in hot plasmas, a critical issue in the development of nuclear fusion reactors.
18 Jan 2024
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Measuring the Quantum Horizon

The research group of Professor Weibo Gao has performed the first experimental measurement of “quantum curvature” in a material, paving the way for novel quantum materials.
23 Oct 2023

Putting a New Spin on Digital Bits

Physicists at NTU SPMS have shown how information can be encoded robustly in perovskite nanocrystals, as a potential replacement for electronic memory.
11 July 2023

Seeing the Light of Superlattice Materials

In a breakthrough in exciton spectroscopy, moiré superlattice materials are shown to host exotic electronic states that can be controlled electrically.
12 May 2023
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Electrons Through The Looking Glass

Physicists have developed new materials with unusual properties stemming from the intrinsic chirality or “handedness” of their electrons.
13 Apr 2023

‘Donut Transitions’ Give A New Way For Atoms to Radiate

A new kind of quantum jump in atoms, called a toroidal transition, can lead to unexpected forms of light emission.
5 Jan 2023
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Electron Liquids on the Cutting Edge

A team led by Nanyang Assistant Professor Bent Weber is studying one-dimensional electron fluids that can be used to create robust quantum computers.
21 Oct 2022

A New Topological Material: the 3D Chern Insulator

Researchers have realized a long-elusive phase of matter, the 3D Chern insulator, using a photonic metamaterial.
29 Sep 2022

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