Magnetic systems, as physical systems, are assemblies of magnetic moments (spins or orbital moments) interacting via exchange, dipolar, or relativistic (e.g., Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya) interactions, often modeled on lattices or in continuum field theories. They encompass ferromagnets, antiferromagnets, ferrimagnets, spin glasses, and frustrated magnets, and are described microscopically by Hamiltonians such as the Heisenberg, Ising, or Hubbard models. Key properties include magnetic ordering, phase transitions, domain formation, and collective excitations (spin waves, magnons). Magnetic systems are central to studying critical phenomena, symmetry breaking, and quantum many-body effects, and underpin technologies in data storage, spintronics, and magnetic sensing.
In new research published in Nature Materials, a team of researchers led by Columbia University chemist Xiaoyang Zhu, in collaboration with fellow Columbians Xavier Roy, Milan Delor, Dmitri Basov, and James McIver, has observed ...
Condensed Matter
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Over the past few decades, some physicists worldwide have been investigating unusual particle-like magnetic structures known as topological solitons. These structures could potentially be leveraged to develop new cutting-edge ...
A team of researchers from the Universities of Tübingen, Bayreuth, and Kassel, and the Polish Academy of Sciences has developed a method for precisely controlling the movement of magnetic microparticles based on their size. ...
Condensed Matter
May 7, 2026
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Researchers at The University of Manchester's National Graphene Institute have shown that electrons in ultra-clean graphene can be steered with high precision while keeping their spin information intact, a key requirement ...
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Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and collaborators have developed a predictive design strategy for creating graphene-like molecules with multiple interacting spins and enhanced resilience to magnetic ...
Nanophysics
May 6, 2026
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A research team led by Professor Denver Li Danfeng, Associate Dean (Research and Postgraduate Education) of the College of Science and Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK), ...
Condensed Matter
May 5, 2026
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Magnons are tiny waves in magnetization that travel through solid magnetic materials, much like the ripples that spread across a pond when a stone is thrown into it. Unlike photons, which travel through empty space or optical ...
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Spintronic devices enable data processing with significantly lower energy consumption. They are based on the interaction between ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic layers. Now, a team from Freie Universität Berlin, HZB and ...
Condensed Matter
Apr 29, 2026
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Excitons are being explored in materials science and information technology as a means of storing light. These luminous quasiparticles move through individual layers of quantum materials and can absorb and emit light with ...
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Just as wave-like patterns can appear on a computer screen when pixels do not align, new research led by Flinders University is investigating atomic-scale "moiré patterns" in the promising field of ferroelectricity. The new ...
Nanophysics
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