Quantum physics is the study of the nature and behavior of matter and energy at the smallest scales. It reveals some of the most fascinating and mysterious phenomena in the universe, such as superconductivity, quantum entanglement, and quantum tunneling. One of these phenomena is the excitonic insulator, a new quantum phase of matter that has been predicted by theorists for decades, but never observed in a natural solid. An excitonic insulator is a material that undergoes a metal-insulator transition due to the condensation of excitons, which are bound pairs of electrons and holes (missing electrons) with opposite charges. These excitons [β¦]
A New Quantum Phase Discovered in Atomically Thin Hafnium Telluride Quantum physics is the study of the nature and behavior of matter and energy at the smallest scales. It reveals some of the most fascinating and mysterious phenomena in the universe, such as superconductivity, quantum entanglement, and quantum tunneling. One of these phenomena is the excitonic insulator, a new quantum phase of matter that has been predicted by theorists for decades, but never observed in a natural solid. An excitonic insulator is a material that undergoes a metal-insulator transition due to the condensation of excitons, which are bound pairs of electrons and holes (missing electrons) with opposite charges. These excitons [β¦]
