The system yielded distinct behaviors: at large separations, the magnets adopted an orderly antiferromagnetic pattern; at small separations, they aligned ferromagnetically. These tendencies competed at an intermediate distance. (VIDEO)

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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The system yielded distinct behaviors: at large separations, the magnets adopted an orderly antiferromagnetic pattern; at small separations, they aligned ferromagnetically. These tendencies competed at an intermediate distance.

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