{"647739":{"#nid":"647739","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Neutrons piece together 40-year puzzle behind iron-iodide\u0027s mysterious magnetism","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers from Georgia Tech and the University of Tennessee\u0026ndash;Knoxville uncovered hidden and unexpected quantum behavior in a rather simple iron-iodide material (FeI2) that was discovered almost a century ago. The new research insights into the material\u0026#39;s behavior were enabled using a combination of neutron scattering experiments and theoretical physics calculations at the Department of Energy\u0026#39;s (DOE\u0026#39;s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).\u0026nbsp;The team\u0026#39;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41567-020-01110-1\u0022\u003Efindings\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026mdash;published in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENature Physics\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026mdash;solves a 40-year-old puzzle about the material\u0026#39;s mysterious behavior and could be used as a map to unlock a treasure trove of quantum phenomena in other materials. The paper\u0026#39;s lead author is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mourigal.gatech.edu\/members.php\u0022\u003EXiaojian Bai\u003C\/a\u003E, an ORNL postdoctoral fellow\u0026nbsp;who received his Ph.D. from the School of Physics. The\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech-based co-authors are Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/martin-mourigal\u0022\u003EMartin Mourigal\u003C\/a\u003E and Postdoctoral Fellow \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mourigal.gatech.edu\/members.php\u0022\u003EZhilang Dun.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-05-25 18:46:25","changed_gmt":"2021-05-25 18:46:25","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Katherine Roberts","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2021-05-neutrons-piece-year-puzzle-iron-iodide.html","dateline":{"date":"2021-05-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-05-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"172876","name":"Martin Mourigal"},{"id":"187933","name":"Xiaojian Bai"},{"id":"187934","name":"Zhilang Dun"},{"id":"187935","name":"neutrons"},{"id":"187936","name":"iron-iodide"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}