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Physicists trap electrons in a 3D crystal for the first time (news.mit.edu)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

"Trapping electrons in a crystal" is such a nonsensical way of conveying the idea of a flat band. Most isolated crystals trap all the electrons they have inside of them, or else the world will be full of free roaming electrons!