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Graphene's Quantum Fluid Potential Revolutionizes Energy and Charge Flow

9/13/2025

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Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science and Japan's National Institute for Materials Science found that electrons in graphene behave like a nearly frictionless quantum fluid at the Dirac point.
They observed an inverse relationship between electrical and thermal conductivity, deviating over 200 times from the Wiedemann-Franz law.
This decoupling suggests separate channels for energy and charge flow, indicating graphene's potential as a low-cost platform for high-energy physics.
Possible applications include quantum sensors for weak electrical signals and magnetic fields.

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Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science and Japan's National Institute for Materials Science found that electrons in graphene behave like a nearly frictionless quantum fluid at the Dirac point.
They observed an inverse relationship between electrical and thermal conductivity, deviating over 200 times from the Wiedemann-Franz law.
This decoupling suggests separate channels for energy and charge flow, indicating graphene's potential as a low-cost platform for high-energy physics.
Possible applications include quantum sensors for weak electrical signals and magnetic fields.