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Electrons in twisted graphene ‘freeze’ when heated

21 Apr 2021 Isabelle Dumé
Pomeranchuk effect in MATBG
Pomeranchuk effect in magic angle graphene, revealing an exotic transition between two phases. Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science
When most solids are heated, they melt into liquids. This behaviour makes sense in terms of entropy,

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