Loop currents in a honeycomb (IMAGE)

University of Colorado at Boulder

Loop currents in a honeycomb

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By exposing a honeycomb-like material with a specific kind of magnetic field, yellow arrow, researchers can create order among the loop currents, light blue, within that material. Electrons, in green, can then pass through the material much more easily.

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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