Artificial magnetic materials may lead to studies of the thermodynamics of arbitrarily designed lattices. Unfortunately, none of the proposed materials has achieved its ground state through thermodynamic equilibrium as real materials do — until now.
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Cumings, J. Artificial ice goes thermal. Nature Phys 7, 7–8 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1898
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