Posted March 18, 2026
Device schematic used for demonstrating supersolid phase
A team led by Prof. Wei Bao of RPI MSE have created a new and unusual state of matter, known as a supersolid, by engineering how light and matter interact inside a nanoscale device. The work, published in Nature Nanotechnology, demonstrates that this exotic quantum phase can exist at room temperature, overcoming a long-standing limitation in the field. See the full news article for more details.