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"Science Daily", 22.10.2008:

Physicists Find New State Of Matter In 'Transistor': Huge Implications For New Electronic Devices

ScienceDaily (Oct. 22, 2008) — McGill University researchers have discovered a new state of matter, a quasi-three- dimensional electron crystal, in a material very much like those used in the fabrication of modern transistors. This discovery could have momentous implications for the development of new electronic devices. (...)

"We decided to tweak the two-dimensionality by applying a very large magnetic field, using the largest magnet in the world at the Magnet Lab in Florida," explained Dr. Guillaume Gervais, director of McGill's Ultra-Low Temperature Condensed Matter Experiment Lab. "You only have access to it for about five days a year, and on the third day, something totally unexpected popped." he said. (...)

"It's actually not quite 3-D, it's an in-between state, a totally new phenomenon," he said. "This is the kind of thing the theoreticians love. Now they're scratching their heads and trying to fine-tune their models."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081021185213.html