Electrons broken into pieces at crystal defects

Carmine Ortix

doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00079-y

Electrons broken into pieces at crystal defects

Carmine Ortix

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Fractional electric charges have been observed at crystal defects in artificial structures resembling materials called topological crystalline insulators. Such fractional charges could have various engineering applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	356-357
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	589
Issue number	7842
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00079-y
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2021

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Condensed-matter physics
Materials science

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