U.S. government scientists have developed a new phase of matter dubbed 'half ice, half fire,' which unites opposing electron spins in a unique magnet.

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory discovered a new phase a matter called “half-ice, half-fire.” This elemental moniker is a reference to the ordered ...

Induced by the application of an external magnetic field, the previously identified "half-fire, half-ice" state sees disordered, "hot" spins on the copper atoms, and fully ordered, "cold" spins on ...

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Scientists have discovered a surprising magnetic spin phase where order and disorder mix, challenging old ideas.

In a groundbreaking study, scientists at Brookhaven National Lab uncovered a new phase of matter dubbed "half ice, half fire" ...

Yin and Tsvelik continued to look into the phase behaviors of Sr 3 CuIrO 6 and, in 2016, found the "half-fire, half-ice" phase. In this state, which is induced by a critical external magnetic field, ...

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"Half ice, half fire" is notable not only because it has ... transitions between those states—are central problems in the fields of condensed matter physics and materials science," said Yin.