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Showing posts with label new type of quantum matter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new type of quantum matter. Show all posts

Sunday, November 4, 2012

A new type of quantum matter with crystal properties


Using laser beams, scientists have created a new type of quantum matter with crystalline properties.

How insanely expensive diamonds, and quite affordable graphite composed of atoms of the same element - carbon. Fine - but significantly affects the properties of these substances and their value - the difference between the two materials is the geometry of packing of atoms. In this case, the same substance can be both graphite and diamond. In the normal world ... But in the quantum world have its own laws.