Creating two-dimensional solid helium via diamond lattice confinement

Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe, and at low temperatures it becomes a quantum crystal with exotic physical properties such as second sound, superfluidity, and giant plasticity. Here authors prepare 2D solid helium at room temperature through diamond lattice confinement.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Weitong Lin, Yiran Li, Sytze de Graaf, Gang Wang, Junhao Lin, Hui Zhang, Shijun Zhao, Da Chen, Shaofei Liu, Jun Fan, Bart J. Kooi, Yang Lu, Tao Yang, Chin-Hua Yang, Chain Tsuan Liu, Ji-jung Kai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33601-5