The discovery suggests a new area of experimentation in 1D systems, particularly direct measurement of the charge, with implications for possible schemes of topological quantum information processing.

The first observation of spin dynamics in the Germanium Tin semiconductor can potentially offer a very rich spin physics, whose fundamental understanding is however still absent.

[Cu(pyrimidine)(H2O)4]SiF6.H2O is an unusual S = 1/2 chiral chain with a spin gap that grows linearly with applied magnetic field and a rich excitation spectrum of soliton and breather modes.