LARAMIE, Wyo., Oct. 9 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:

Smarter, faster and more efficient. These are the gold standards driving modern technological development.

Yu-Tsung "Rem" Tsai, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Physics and Astronomy, is working on new materials that could raise the bar for quantum computing and sensing technologies with the assistance of a $993,674 U.S. Department of Energy EPSCoR (Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) grant.

Tsai's expertise lies in the creation of two-dimensional materials with great potential for applications in quantum computing and sensing.

"Everything in a crystal is vibrating and, in certain ultra-thin materia...