A Quantum Metal Just Changed What We Know About Heat

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Crystalline Rod Made of Semimetal ZrTe5In an ultra-cold, high-magnetic-field setting, ZrTe5 defies expectations by showing quantum heat oscillations. Researchers found that phonons, normally dominant in semimetals, behave more like electrons due to magnetic effects, reshaping our understanding of heat transport. Heat conduction is one of the most basic physical properties of matter and plays a vital role in many engineering [...]
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