New form of matter - excitonium
December 11 , 2017
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- Scientists have proven the existence of new form of matter called Excitonium - which was first theorised almost 50 years ago.
- There are five known phases of matter - solids, liquids, gases, plasma and Bose-Einstein condensates
- Excitonium which exhibits phenomena like a superconductor is made up of particles known as excitons, which are made from an escaped electron.
- The term ‘excitonium’ was coined in the 1960s by Harvard theoretical physicist Bert Halperin.
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