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INAC researchers, already active in the Kwant open-source quantum transport software development community, are at it again, this time with the T-Kwant add-on. T-Kwant can be used to examine the dynamics of quantum systems, such as to experiment with a charge pulse in a multi-terminal system, or to configure a quantum Hall interferometer, for instance. […] >>

Inria’s Montbonnot lab (near Grenoble) recently developed an obstacle detection application capable of operating in dynamic environments—even going so far as to predict the trajectories of temporarily-hidden objects! The CEA, with the support of Inria, helped get the application—initially developed on a powerful workstation—ready for integration into a smart vehicle by embedding it into a […] >>

INAC simulation experts have discovered new insights into a 40-year-old mystery: how graphite, an attractive anode material for lithium-ion batteries, gets charged with lithium. Their experiments demonstrated that lithium is organized in a periodic manner, intercalated in the space between the graphite planes, occupying one out of three galleries for a 33% charge and one […] >>

INAC researchers have leveraged dynamic nuclear polarization, an emerging hyperpolarization technique, and an innovative sample preparation protocol to apply advanced solid NMR techniques to compounds in which carbon-13 is only present naturally, meaning at 1.1%. This latest advance eliminates the need to use isotopic labelling to track an isotope with a variation—a technique that requires […] >>

Leti recently completed a high-performance miniature magnetometer prototype suitable for drones. The device, whose probe measures just 8 cm3, is extremely compact. The development was inspired by the magnetometers developed for the space industry in recent years—for the Swarm satellite, for instance—but features some major innovations, like replacing the usual piezoelectric motor with a liquid […] >>