At small scales, tug-of-war between electrons can lead to magnetism under surprising circumstances
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 16:51
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- At the smallest scales, magnetism may not work quite the way scientists expected, according to a recent paper in Physical Review Letters by Rafal Oszwaldowski and Igor Zutic of the University at Buffalo and Andre Petukhov of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.