Scientists are always looking for the next weird and wonderful material, and they've just found it: A bosonic correlated insulator to give it its technical name, which is both a new material and, indeed, a whole new state of matter.
This feels very similar to the magic angle twisted bilayer graphene research that’s been going on for a while now. The fact that the bosonic excitons “crystallize” is fascinating, and feels really weird and unexpected for bosons. I have no real idea what the implications of that are though.
This feels very similar to the magic angle twisted bilayer graphene research that’s been going on for a while now. The fact that the bosonic excitons “crystallize” is fascinating, and feels really weird and unexpected for bosons. I have no real idea what the implications of that are though.