We already have quantum computers, but they’re highly specialized, not particularly practical, and only cover a fraction of the performance potential that scientists think this technology could ultimately unlock.

Quantum materials can host several competing electronic states, and figuring out how those states form is a longstanding challenge – which brings us to a new study published in Nature Physics.

The study by an international team of researchers investigates how two charge density wave (CDW) phases can emerge and co-exist in the same material.