Physicists get an up-close look at synthetic quantum materials
Friday, June 18, 2010 - 08:50
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 reorganised 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...