Physicists get an up-close look at synthetic quantum materials

Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 13:20 in Physics & Chemistry

Physicists at Harvard University have, for the first time, tracked individual atoms in a gas cooled to extreme temperatures as the particles reorganized into a crystal, a process driven by quantum mechanics. The research, described this week in the journal Science, opens new possibilities for particle-by-particle study and engineering of artificial quantum materials.

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