When squeezed, electrons increase their ability to move around. In compounds such as semiconductors and electrical insulators, such squeezing can dramatically change the electrical- and magnetic- properties. Now scientists have manipulated electron mobility and pinpointed the mechanism controlling the strength of magnetic interactions — and hence the material’s magnetic ordering temperature.
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