Wigner crystal -- not Mott insulator -- in 'magic-angle' graphene
Date | 24th, Sep 2018 |
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Source | ScienceDaily - General News Websites |
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Recently, scientists created a stir in the field of condensed matter physics when they showed that two sheets of graphene twisted at specific angles display two emergent phases of matter. After a careful review of the experimental data researchers say that the insulating behavior of the ''magic-angle'' graphene is not Mott insulation, but something even more profound -- a Wigner crystal.