{"688711":{"#nid":"688711","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Entropy Shields Materials from Disruptive Defects at Heat","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/zhu-xi-luo\u0022\u003EZhu-Xi Luo\u003C\/a\u003E and Ph.D. student \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/yi-lin-tsao\u0022\u003EYi-Lin Tsao\u003C\/a\u003E from Georgia Institute of Technology\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E have demonstrated a novel mechanism for stabilising physical phases vulnerable to topological defects. Their work addresses a fundamental problem in condensed matter physics: the destabilisation of phases like superfluids by thermally-induced defects such as anyons and vortices.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/zhu-xi-luo\u0022\u003EZhu-Xi Luo\u003C\/a\u003E and Ph.D. student \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/yi-lin-tsao\u0022\u003EYi-Lin Tsao\u003C\/a\u003E from Georgia Institute of Technology\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E have demonstrated a novel mechanism for stabilising physical phases vulnerable to topological defects. Their work addresses a fundamental problem in condensed matter physics: the destabilisation of phases like superfluids by thermally-induced defects such as anyons and vortices.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2026-03-03 20:48:23","changed_gmt":"2026-03-04 16:41:46","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Quantum Zeitgeist","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/quantumzeitgeist.com\/entropy-shields-materials-disruptive-defects-heat\/","dateline":{"date":"2026-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2026-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"192251","name":"cos-quantum"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}