Truly Chiral Phonons in Three-Dimensional Bulk Materials (IMAGE)

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Truly Chiral Phonons in Three-Dimensional Bulk Materials

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Truly chiral phonons—i.e., rotating and propagating atomic motions seen in a crystal lattice—have never been observed in a bulk 3D material. However, now, Tokyo Tech researchers have identified these in cinnabar.

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