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ARTIFICIAL SPIN ICE

Long-range order seen at last

Advances in precision lithography and measurement have made it possible to observe and control the magnetic phase transition in kagome artificial spin ice, which could lead to new technological devices.

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Fig. 1: A schematic kagome artificial spin ice.

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Kempinger, S. Long-range order seen at last. Nat. Phys. 18, 608–609 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01627-7

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