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Weird compound jumps from conductor to insulator and back under pressure
Weird compound jumps from cond.
An illustration depicting how the new material works – normally, the manganese atomic ions (purple circles) and the disulfur molecular ions (figure-8s) are separated (left of frame). But under pressure, they move closer together (right of frame) changing the conductivity of the material
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An illustration depicting how the new material works – normally, the manganese atomic ions (purple circles) and the disulfur molecular ions (figure-8s) are separated (left of frame). But under pressure, they move closer together (right of frame) changing the conductivity of the material
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Courtesy J. Adam Fenster University of Rochester assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering and Physics and Astronomy Ranga Dias photographed with equipment used to compress and alter the properties of hydrogen rich materials in his lab in Hopeman Hall February 2, 2021. Dias goal is to create novel quantum materials such as superconductors with a critical temperature at or near room temperature. // photo by J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochester