id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_vst5hbvlw5azji6yvu7e2czzfe Philip Ball Quantum materials: Where many paths meet 2017.0 8 .pdf application/pdf 7729 583 58 All matter, in the end, must be explained by quantum mechanics, which describes how atoms bind and electrons interact at a fundamental level. from the quantum mechanical properties of their constituent electrons, that In particular, they tend to be materials in which electrons cannot be considered as independent particles but act as Quantum materials reveal that properties once thought to be quirks confined so Cooper pairs can condense into a quantum state in which all the electrons can be physicist, more used to describing electronic structure in terms of band theory, electron density can leak into the conduction band at these points due to quantum University says, "the electronic properties arise from states that are protected All known fermionic (spin-½) particles, such as electrons, topological quasiparticle excitations of spins in some magnetic materials. state is called a quantum spin liquid, and single electrons, in contrast to the quasiparticles that typify most quantum materials. ./cache/work_vst5hbvlw5azji6yvu7e2czzfe.pdf ./txt/work_vst5hbvlw5azji6yvu7e2czzfe.txt