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Exploring quantum materials: Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering captures microscopic, rapidly changing properties

From computer chips to image sensors in cameras, today’s technology is overwhelmingly based on a semiconductor called silicon. This technology has been shrinking for decades—think of early room-sized computers compared to today’s desktops—but physical limitations will soon prevent further improvement.

That’s why scientists and engineers are preparing for a new generation of technology—one based on quantum mechanics.

The electrons in so-called “” behave differently than those in silicon, enabling more complex behaviors, like magnetism and superconductivity, that are useful for future quantum technologies.

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