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Exotic matter

Vol. 464, No. 7286 pp 175–216

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Bring together a large number of particles and they can order themselves in unusual ways. This can give rise to emergent phenomena that cannot be understood solely in terms of the interactions that rule at the microscopic level — a theoretical and experimental playground for physicists in which the maxim 'more is different' holds true in particularly striking ways.

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Editorial

Exotic matter free access

Dan Csontos

doi:10.1038/464175a


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Articles

REVIEW

The enigma of supersolidity

Sebastien Balibar

doi:10.1038/nature08913


PERSPECTIVE

Superconductivity gets an iron boost

Igor I. Mazin

doi:10.1038/nature08914


REVIEW

Non-Abelian states of matter

Ady Stern

doi:10.1038/nature08915


PERSPECTIVE

The birth of topological insulators

Joel E. Moore

doi:10.1038/nature08916


REVIEW

Spin liquids in frustrated magnets

Leon Balents

doi:10.1038/nature08917


REVIEW

Electron liquids and solids in one dimension

Vikram V. Deshpande, Marc Bockrath, Leonid I. Glazman & Amir Yacoby

doi:10.1038/nature08918


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