Surprising Complexity in One Dimension

Unlike one-dimensional personalities, one-dimensional materials are actually very complex--so complex that scientists are still working to decipher their behaviors. In 1-D materials, particle movement is confined to a line. Two independent groups of researchers, one based in Australia and one in China, performed some of the first experiments to put a 50-year-old theory about such materials to the test.Line 'em up!During a now famous speech in 1959, Richard Feynman said that "there's plenty of ro...