Strain alters symmetry (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Strain alters symmetry

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Compression (red arrows) alters crystal symmetry (green arrows), which changes band dispersion (left and right), leading to highly mobile electrons.

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Jaimee Janiga, Andrew Sproles, Satoshi Okamoto/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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