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A frustrated trio

Geometrical frustration results from an incompatibility between the spatial arrangement of a system's constituents and the interactions between them. The effect has now been observed in a triangular triple quantum dot.

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Figure 1: Geometrical frustration in a triangle of three quantum dots.

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Andergassen, S. A frustrated trio. Nature 495, 321–322 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/495321a

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