Polar Vortices (IMAGE)

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Polar Vortices

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Artist's conception of polar vortices moving in ferroelectric material. These small groupings of atoms must be excited with high-frequency electric fields to move, but studying their behavior may lead to new innovations in data storage and processing.

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Ellen Weiss/Argonne National Laboratory

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