An international team of researchers has discovered that the quantum particles responsible for the vibrations of materials—which influence their stability and various other properties—can be classified through topology.
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More:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adf8458
https://www.phys.org/news/2024-05-topological-phonons-vibrations.html
https://www.topologicalquantumchemistry.fr/topophonons/
Author affiliation:
Laboratoire de physique de L’École normale supérieure (LPENS, ENS Paris/CNRS/Sorbonne Université/Université de Paris)
Corresponding author: Nicolas Regnault
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