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Correlated electron systems

Reaching for the stars

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The latest advances in our understanding of correlated electron systems have implications that range from fundamental physics such as string theory to novel applications including the manipulation and retrieval of electron spin.

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Figure 1: Skyrmions on the surface of Fe0.5Co0.5Si.

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  1. Leon Balents is at the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA. balents@kitp.ucsb.edu,

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  2. Zhi-Xun Shen is at the Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, McCullough Building 342, 476 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94305-4045, USA and the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. zxshen@stanford.edu,

    Zhi-Xun Shen

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Balents, L., Shen, ZX. Reaching for the stars. Nature Mater 9, 963–964 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2907

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