nafen

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nafen (uncountable)

1. An aerogel made from near-parallel strands of aluminium oxide
   • 2015, S. Autti, V.V. Dmitriev, V.B. Eltsov, J. Makinen, G.E. Volovik, A.N. Yudin, V.V. Zavjalov, “Observation of half-quantum vortices in superfluid 3He”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     Experiments also demonstrate that the HQVs formed under rotation are strongly pinned by the nafen strands..

• fanne