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pravdareport.comElectron-Beam Method Creates Thousands of Atomic Defects in Crystals
Researchers developed a technique using focused electron beams to rearrange thousands of atoms in a crystal lattice within minutes. The method produces controlled patterns of defects that may exhibit quantum properties. The work builds on earlier single-atom manipulation experime…
airedale.futurecdn.netElectrons in Magic-Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene Behave as Both Heavy and Light Particles
A study published in Nature finds that electrons in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene exhibit both heavy and light characteristics depending on their momentum. The material, formed by stacking two graphene layers at a twist angle of about 1.1 degrees, was previously known for…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory / Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0)Study Reveals Opposite Pressure Effects on Magnetic Phase Transitions in NiBr2 and NiI2
Researchers have identified contrasting responses to pressure in the magnetic phase transitions of nickel bromide (NiBr2) and nickel iodide (NiI2). These van der Waals triangular-lattice multiferroics exhibit incommensurate helimagnetic order at low temperatures. The findings, pu…