`Quantum simulator` facilitates research into theoretical supermaterials
(PHYSorg.com Physics)

Physicists at Utrecht University have created a `quantum simulator,` a model system to study theoretical prognoses for a whole new class of materials. These `supermaterials` include graphene, which has a two-dimensional structure and unique characteristics. The experiments conducted in Utrecht not only confirm the theoretical physicists` predictions, but also provided new insights. They have discovered that at higher energy levels, a simple rectangular lattice has characteristics that are normally only observed in exotic materials. The results of their research are Published in Nature Physics of 24 April 2017.