Dimensionality Crossover to a Two-Dimensional Vestigial Nematic State from a Three-Dimensional Antiferromagnet in a Honeycomb van der Waals Magnet

Georgia Tech researchers from the School of Physics including fifth-year PhD student Mengqi Huang and Assistant Professor Chunhui Rita Du are among the authors of a paper recently published in Nature Physics. Researchers from six universities and Oak Ridge National Laboratory showed that strong quantum fluctuations can stabilize an unconventional magnetic phase after destroying a more conventional one.