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Condensed-matter physics: The eternal triangle
Mark Harris1
Abstract
The frustration that atomic interactions can undergo is not unlike that occurring when human aims are thwarted. An elegant study offers a way of visualizing the hitherto mysterious dynamics of 'frustrated' systems.
It is one of the great embarrassments of condensed-matter physics — but also one of its greatest strengths — that we understand so poorly the fundamental interactions inside materials. On the one hand, any elementary textbook will provide simple descriptions of such interactions (ionic, covalent and van der Waals bonds, as well as various magnetic interactions).
- Mark Harris is at Oriel College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 4EW, UK.
Email: mark.harris@oriel.ox.ac.uk
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