Nanomagnets levitate thanks to quantum physics
Date:
October 27, 2017
Source:
University of Innsbruck
Summary:
Quantum physicists have now shown that, despite Earnshaw's theorem, nanomagnets can be stably levitated in an external static magnetic field owing to quantum mechanical principles. The quantum angular momentum of electrons, which also causes magnetism, is accountable for this mechanism.
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