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Feb. 12, 2025 Exotic observations at the ILL
In everyday life, we typically encounter water in one of three familiar states – solid, liquid or gas. But there are in fact many more phases, some of which – predicted to exist at high temperature and pressure – are so strange they’re referred to as exotic. State-of-the-art neutron spectrometers and sample environment infrastructures at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) have enabled the first experimental observation of one of these exotic phases – plastic ice VII.
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Feb. 4, 2025 Neutrons for the quantum technologies of the future: breakthrough results on layered perovskites
Multiferroic materials will be at the heart of new solutions for data storage, data transmission, and quantum computers. Understanding the origin of such properties at fundamental level is key for developing applications, and neutron scattering techniques are a powerful tool. The story of so-called layered perovskites and the breakthrough results now published in 'Communication Materials' are a paradigmatic example. The experiments were fully conducted at the ILL, using five different instruments and taking advantage of advanced sample environment technologies.