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 | | "Geometrical frustration" refers to a phenomenon in which magnets, or other materials, are "frustrated" when they are forced to settle into a single state. |
 | | For example, Ramirez recently found several of the hallmarks of geometrical frustration in a material that undergoes negative thermal expansion, meaning that it expands (rather than shrinks) as it is cooled. |
 | | While at Bell Labs, Ramirez pioneered the field of "geometrical frustration" in magnetism. |
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