Copper Iridate Metal Oxide (IMAGE)

Boston College

Copper Iridate Metal Oxide

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Scientists from Boson College and Harvard turned to copper to create a first-of-its-kind iridate -- Cu2IrO3 -- where the natural magnetic order is disrupted, a state known as geometric frustration.

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