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Electrons in graphene have done something physicists thought was impossible. They were seen flowing like a nearly perfect quantum liquid; one so strange, it defies the rules taught in physics textbooks for over a century.<\/p>\n
This happened at a critical point in graphene called the Dirac point. At that moment, the material isn\u2019t quite a metal, nor an insulator; and inside it, electrons stop acting like individual particles. They move together, like water. Only smoother.<\/p>\n
Researchers measured a viscosity so low, it\u2019s closer to the early-universe plasma created in particle colliders than anything we see in solid matter.<\/p>\n
But the real shock? Heat and electric charge went their separate ways.<\/p>\n
In every ordinary metal, heat and electricity flow together, following a rule known as the Wiedemann-Franz law. But in graphene\u2019s quantum fluid, that law completely breaks down. The researchers saw the biggest violation ever measured: more than 200 times off the expected value.<\/p>\n
That makes graphene more than a material. It\u2019s a window into the quantum universe. A single sheet of carbon atoms, one layer thick, behaving like a testbed for black hole physics, quark-gluon plasma, and quantum entanglement. Things once thought untouchable outside particle accelerators or astrophysics.<\/p>\n
And there may be practical uses, too. This kind of ultra-clean, ultra-responsive quantum behavior could power a new generation of sensors that detect vanishingly small electrical or magnetic signals.<\/p>\n
Read the study:
\n“Universality in quantum critical flow of charge and heat in ultraclean graphene.” Nature Physics, 13 August 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Electrons in graphene have done something physicists thought was impossible. They were seen flowing like a nearly perfect quantum liquid; one so strange, it defies the rules taught in physics textbooks for over a century. This happened at a critical point in graphene called the Dirac point. At that moment, the material isn\u2019t quite a … <\/p>\n