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[[File:Geometrical_frustration_icosahedron.jpg|thumb|Geometrical frustration of an icosahedron.]]In condensed matter physics, the term '''geometrical frustration''' (or simply '''frustration''') refers to a phenomenon, where atoms tend to stick to non-trivial positions or where, on a regular crystal lattice, conflicting inter-atomic forces (each one favoring rather simple, but different structures) lead to quite complex structures.
[[File:Geometrical_frustration_icosahedron.jpg|thumb|Geometrical frustration of an icosahedron.]]In condensed matter physics, the term '''geometrical frustration''' (or simply '''frustration''') refers to a phenomenon, where atoms tend to stick to non-trivial positions or where, on a regular crystal lattice, conflicting inter-atomic forces (each one favoring rather simple, but different structures) lead to quite complex structures.
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As a consequence of the frustration in the geometry or in the forces, a plenitude of distinct ground states may result at zero temperature, and usual thermal ordering may be suppressed at higher temperatures.
As a consequence of the frustration in the geometry or in the forces, a plenitude of distinct ground states may result at zero temperature, and usual thermal ordering may be suppressed at higher temperatures.
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Frustrated magnetic systems had been studied earlier, including  G. H. Wannier's study of the Ising model on a triangular lattice with nearest-neighbor spins coupled antiferromagnetically (published 1950).
Frustrated magnetic systems had been studied earlier, including  G. H. Wannier's study of the Ising model on a triangular lattice with nearest-neighbor spins coupled antiferromagnetically (published 1950).


== Fiction cross-reference ==
== In the News ==


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File:Klein bottles nesting.jpg|link=Klein bottle (nonfiction)|Nest of empty [[Klein bottle (nonfiction)|Klein bottles]] after an [[Extract of Radium]] lucubration.
File:Klein bottles nesting.jpg|link=Klein bottle (nonfiction)|Nest of empty [[Klein bottle (nonfiction)|Klein bottles]] after an [[Extract of Radium]] lucubration.
File:David_Hedison_releasing_neurotransmitters.jpg|link=Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series) (nonfiction)|Geometrical frustration Geometrical frustration is of no use to [[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series) (nonfiction)|David Hedison]].
File:David_Hedison_releasing_neurotransmitters.jpg|link=Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series) (nonfiction)|[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series) (nonfiction)|David Hedison]] at risk of geometrical frustration.
File:Didgeridoo wax mouthpiece seal.jpg|link=Gnotilus|Wax seal on feeding tube enables [[Gnotilus]] to secrete [[geometry solvent]] directly into [[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC]].
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* [[Dysprosium Titanate]] - an [[Transdimensional corporation|independent kingdom]] of [[Titan (nonfiction)|Titans (nonfiction)]]
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* [[Spin ice (nonfiction)]]
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== External links ==
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* [http://wiki.karljones.com/index.php?title=Geometrical_frustration Geometrical frustration] wiki.karljones.com
* [http://wiki.karljones.com/index.php?title=Geometrical_frustration Geometrical frustration] wiki.karljones.com
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometrical_frustration Geometrical frustration] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometrical_frustration Geometrical frustration] @ Wikipedia




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Latest revision as of 20:55, 27 April 2018

Geometrical frustration of an icosahedron.

In condensed matter physics, the term geometrical frustration (or simply frustration) refers to a phenomenon, where atoms tend to stick to non-trivial positions or where, on a regular crystal lattice, conflicting inter-atomic forces (each one favoring rather simple, but different structures) lead to quite complex structures.

As a consequence of the frustration in the geometry or in the forces, a plenitude of distinct ground states may result at zero temperature, and usual thermal ordering may be suppressed at higher temperatures.

Much studied examples are amorphous materials, glasses, or dilute magnets.

The term frustration, in the context of magnetic systems, has been introduced by Gerard Toulouse (1977).

Frustrated magnetic systems had been studied earlier, including G. H. Wannier's study of the Ising model on a triangular lattice with nearest-neighbor spins coupled antiferromagnetically (published 1950).

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