Freezing and thawing of artificial ice by thermal switching of geometric frustration in magnetic flux lattices

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 710-715

  Trastoy, J ^a,b   Malnou, M ^c   Ulysse, C ^a   Bernard, R ^a,b   Bergeal, N ^c   Faini, G ^a   Lesueur, J ^c   Briatico, J ^a,b   Villegas, Javier E ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES;

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; FREEZING AND THAWING; GEOMETRIC FRUSTRATION; IN-SITU INVESTIGATIONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY LANDSCAPES; SPATIAL MODULATIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING CONDENSATES;

POTENTIAL ENERGY;

ARTIFICIAL ICE; ICE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; FREEZING; GEOMETRIC FRUSTRATION; GEOMETRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LANDSCAPE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THAWING;

EID: 84926231431     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.158     Document Type: Article

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