Topology Explains Queer Electrical Current Boost in Non-Magnetic Metal (IMAGE)

Kyoto University

Topology Explains Queer Electrical Current Boost in Non-Magnetic Metal

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Applying a magnetic field to PdCoO2, a non-magnetic metal, made it conduct 70% more electricity, even though basic physics principles would have predicted the opposite.

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Eiri Ono/Kyoto University

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