A group of researchers has derived a universal lower bound for the finite-time work penalty in bit reset, an elementary operation in irreversible computation. The bound applies to all physical models as long as the detailed balance is respected and, thus, encompasses previous results focused on specific models.

Scientists from the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) have made progress in synthesizing new oxides with high hydrogen content and high conductivity.

Recently, Professor Chuang-Chuang Li’s team from the Department of Chemistry at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) completed an asymmetric total synthesis of Taxol using a concise approach through 19 isolated intermediates. The challenging eight-membered ring was constructed efficiently by a diastereoselective intramolecular SmI2-mediated pinacol coupling reaction to form the C1−C2 bond.

Recently, a research group from the Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering (SIQSE) and the Department of Physics at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) has made progress in the stability of 3D higher-order topological insulators against Coulomb’s interaction. Their work, entitled “Coulomb Instabilities of a Three-Dimensional Higher-Order Topological Insulator,” was published in Physical Review Letters.

Recently, the group led by Chair Professor Jiaqing He from the Department of Physics at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) has reported the latest progress on aberration-corrected transmission electron microscope (TEM) imaging for beam-sensitive materials at a low-dose. Their work, entitled “Direct Atomic-Scale Structure and Electric Field Imaging of Triazine-Based Crystalline Carbon Nitride,” was published in the high-impact academic journal Advanced Materials.

Visible light is an ultimately green energy source, so it is crucial to develop efficient chemical transformation using visible light catalysis. Recently, Associate Professor Wei Shu’s group at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) has made a series of developments in the field of visible-light catalyzed selective transformations.