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Physicists trap electrons in a 3D crystal for the first time (news.mit.edu)

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[–] Cicraft@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Silly electron just get out as per usual

[–] Mechaguana@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trapped in a crystal? How do you even make a crystal like this

[–] jopepa@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Very small rocks … with some kind of tiny furnace, bitty crucible, and naturally a wee glass blower.

[–] galilette@mander.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

"Trapping electrons in a crystal" is such a nonsensical way of conveying the idea of a flat band. Most isolated crystals trap all the electrons they have inside of them, or else the world will be full of free roaming electrons!