Discovery of ‘slow’ electrons in 2D material could lead to new memory device (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Discovery of ‘slow’ electrons in 2D material could lead to new memory device

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UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering postdoctoral scholar Gabriele Berruto (left) and Asst. Prof. Shuolong Yang discovered that a material exhibits a charge-ordered state where electrons move collectively and unusually slowly while remaining quantum coherent. 

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering / John Zich

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