Electrons Flow Like Water in Breakthrough Physics Study
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Researchers at IISc Bangalore observed electrons flowing like water in a pure graphene sheet, challenging the 170-year-old Wiedemann-Franz law. The discovery has implications for understanding exotic states of matter and potential future technologies.
Physicists at IISc Bangalore have made a breakthrough discovery in graphene, observing electrons flow like water at low temperatures. The team cooled an exceptionally pure graphene sheet and monitored its heat and electrical conduction, finding a significant deviation from the Wiedemann-Franz law. The electrons behaved collectively, forming a 'Dirac fluid' with incredibly low viscosity, similar to the quark-gluon plasma created at CERN. This discovery has implications for understanding exotic states of matter and potential future technologies. The research was published in Nature Physics and challenges our understanding of electron behavior in metals. The findings could unlock new technologies and provide insights into the behavior of matter at the atomic level.
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