[Talisker]

nothin new- The 3rd copper atom is caught betwen the magnetic fields of the other two copper atoms- This effect can be duplicated by a 3rd grader with 3 iron magnets whereby the middle magnet will wobble forever because it can`t make up its mind which way to go,...Nothin` new-

What's new is that this effect is found inside an otherwise uniform liquid crystal, and activated in a controlled manner via electrical excitation.

Other than that, a 3rd grader could do it.

[bunkerhill7]

This has already been done in doped uniform plastics by the Russians in 1983. cf IEEE. They used it in microwave frequencies as a filter.