Broken Symmetry (IMAGE)

Brown University

Broken Symmetry

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When a Mott insulator with strong spin-order coupling is cooled, its atomic lattice distorts, breaking its cubic symmetry. That distortion drives a unique form of layered magnetism within the materials.

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Mitrovi? lab / Brown University

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