8 days ago · United States
Liquid-crystal-like magnetism explains puzzling properties in a rare-earth compound

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What we know
In some materials, physical properties don't emerge from their individual particles, but from the collective behavior of their quantum spins. Now, researchers led by Pengcheng Dai at Rice University in the U.
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Liquid-crystal-like magnetism explains puzzling properties in a rare-earth compound
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