Physics treasure hidden in a wallpaper pattern
Date | 19th, Jul 2018 |
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Source | ScienceDaily - General News Websites |
DESCRIPTION
An international team of scientists has discovered a new, exotic form of insulating material with a metallic surface that could enable more efficient electronics or even quantum computing. The researchers developed a new method for analyzing existing chemical compounds that relies on the mathematical properties like symmetry that govern the repeating patterns seen in everyday wallpaper.