Orbital Frustration (IMAGE)

Columbia University

Orbital Frustration

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Atomic orbitals (red & blue), which determine how far electrons can move around their originating atom in a material, can trap those electrons in place—a new source of frustration that researchers can now tap to create quantum behaviors.

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Aravind Devarakonda, Columbia University

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