Electrons broken into pieces at crystal defects

被引：4

作者：

Ortix, Carmine ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Utrecht, Inst Theoret Phys, NL-3584 CC Utrecht, Netherlands

[2] Univ Salerno, Dept Phys, Salerno, Italy

来源：

NATURE | 2021年 / 589卷 / 7842期

关键词：

Condensed-matter physics; Materials science;

D O I：

10.1038/d41586-021-00079-y

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

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.

引用

页码：356 / 357

页数：2

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