🧲🧬 Antiferromagnetism That Wasn’t Supposed to Exist

Описание: What if order could arise where symmetry says it shouldn’t? In a quasicrystal with “forbidden” symmetry, it just did.

🧪 Scientists from Tokyo University of Science have discovered antiferromagnetic order in an icosahedral Au-In-Eu quasicrystal. It was long believed such structures couldn’t support it — until now.

🔍 How? Arc melting, 6D crystallography, neutron diffraction and detailed spin analysis. The result: a clear phase transition at 6.5 K and the appearance of magnetic Bragg peaks.

🧠 This isn’t just physics — it breaks old assumptions and opens the door to spintronics and quantum tech in new materials.

📖 Nature Physics, March 2025
👨‍🔬 Ryo Tamura, Tomoya Sato | Tokyo University of Science
🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-025...

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