Ice rule fragility via topological charge transfer in artificial colloidal ice

Spin ice materials are defined by ice rules, local constraints that lead to frustrated interactions and macroscopic numbers of degenerate configurations. Here the authors show that the ice rule in colloidal ice is emergent, limited to certain geometries, and demonstrate how it can break down under c...

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Main Authors: András Libál, Dong Yun Lee, Antonio Ortiz-Ambriz, Charles Reichhardt, Cynthia J. O. Reichhardt, Pietro Tierno, Cristiano Nisoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06631-1
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Dong Yun Lee
Antonio Ortiz-Ambriz
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Pietro Tierno
Cristiano Nisoli
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description Spin ice materials are defined by ice rules, local constraints that lead to frustrated interactions and macroscopic numbers of degenerate configurations. Here the authors show that the ice rule in colloidal ice is emergent, limited to certain geometries, and demonstrate how it can break down under changes of the lattice structure.
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spelling doaj.art-b6a7636cf581457bafa16ebcf162df222022-12-21T18:35:02ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232018-10-019111010.1038/s41467-018-06631-1Ice rule fragility via topological charge transfer in artificial colloidal iceAndrás Libál0Dong Yun Lee1Antonio Ortiz-Ambriz2Charles Reichhardt3Cynthia J. O. Reichhardt4Pietro Tierno5Cristiano Nisoli6Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National LaboratoryDepartament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de BarcelonaDepartament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de BarcelonaTheoretical Division, Los Alamos National LaboratoryTheoretical Division, Los Alamos National LaboratoryDepartament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de BarcelonaTheoretical Division, Los Alamos National LaboratorySpin ice materials are defined by ice rules, local constraints that lead to frustrated interactions and macroscopic numbers of degenerate configurations. Here the authors show that the ice rule in colloidal ice is emergent, limited to certain geometries, and demonstrate how it can break down under changes of the lattice structure.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06631-1
spellingShingle András Libál
Dong Yun Lee
Antonio Ortiz-Ambriz
Charles Reichhardt
Cynthia J. O. Reichhardt
Pietro Tierno
Cristiano Nisoli
Ice rule fragility via topological charge transfer in artificial colloidal ice
Nature Communications
title Ice rule fragility via topological charge transfer in artificial colloidal ice
title_full Ice rule fragility via topological charge transfer in artificial colloidal ice
title_fullStr Ice rule fragility via topological charge transfer in artificial colloidal ice
title_full_unstemmed Ice rule fragility via topological charge transfer in artificial colloidal ice
title_short Ice rule fragility via topological charge transfer in artificial colloidal ice
title_sort ice rule fragility via topological charge transfer in artificial colloidal ice
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