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    From insulators to metals: spin chains enter uncharted quantum regime

    April 22, 2025

    The compound—Ti₄MnBi₂—becomes only the second known metallic system with confirmed one-dimensional magnetism.A study by researchers from the University of British Columbia’s Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (UBC Blusson QMI) has found a rare form of one-dimensional quantum magnetism in the metallic… read more

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