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SUBMITTER: Bovo L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3959195 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20140312
A characteristic feature of spin ice is its apparent violation of the third law of thermodynamics. This leads to a number of interesting properties including the emergence of an effective vacuum for magnetic monopoles and their currents - magnetricity. Here we add a new dimension to the experimental study of spin ice by fabricating thin epitaxial films of Dy2Ti2O7, varying between 5 and 60 monolayers on an inert substrate. The films show the distinctive characteristics of spin ice at temperature ...[more]