Weizmann Institute scientists find new ‘quasiparticles’
Weizmann Institute physicists have demonstrated, for the first time, the existence of ‘quasiparticles’ with one quarter the charge of an electron. This finding could be a first step toward creating exotic types of quantum computers that might be powerful, yet highly stable.
Fractional electron charges were first predicted over 20 years ago under conditions existing in […]
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