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Fluidity onset in graphene. / Bandurin, Denis A.; Shytov, Andrey V.; Levitov, Leonid S. et al.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 9, No. 1, 4533, 01.12.2018, p. 4533.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Fluidity onset in graphene
AU - Bandurin, Denis A.
AU - Shytov, Andrey V.
AU - Levitov, Leonid S.
AU - Kumar, Roshan Krishna
AU - Berdyugin, Alexey I.
AU - Ben Shalom, Moshe
AU - Grigorieva, Irina V.
AU - Geim, Andre K.
AU - Falkovich, Gregory
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - Viscous electron fluids have emerged recently as a new paradigm of strongly-correlated electron transport in solids. Here we report on a direct observation of the transition to this long-sought-for state of matter in a high-mobility electron system in graphene. Unexpectedly, the electron flow is found to be interaction-dominated but non-hydrodynamic (quasiballistic) in a wide temperature range, showing signatures of viscous flows only at relatively high temperatures. The transition between the two regimes is characterized by a sharp maximum of negative resistance, probed in proximity to the current injector. The resistance decreases as the system goes deeper into the hydrodynamic regime. In a perfect darkness-before-daybreak manner, the interaction-dominated negative response is strongest at the transition to the quasiballistic regime. Our work provides the first demonstration of how the viscous fluid behavior emerges in an interacting electron system.
AB - Viscous electron fluids have emerged recently as a new paradigm of strongly-correlated electron transport in solids. Here we report on a direct observation of the transition to this long-sought-for state of matter in a high-mobility electron system in graphene. Unexpectedly, the electron flow is found to be interaction-dominated but non-hydrodynamic (quasiballistic) in a wide temperature range, showing signatures of viscous flows only at relatively high temperatures. The transition between the two regimes is characterized by a sharp maximum of negative resistance, probed in proximity to the current injector. The resistance decreases as the system goes deeper into the hydrodynamic regime. In a perfect darkness-before-daybreak manner, the interaction-dominated negative response is strongest at the transition to the quasiballistic regime. Our work provides the first demonstration of how the viscous fluid behavior emerges in an interacting electron system.
KW - HYDRODYNAMIC ELECTRON FLOW
KW - RESISTANCE
KW - TRANSPORT
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85055786859&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-018-07004-4
DO - 10.1038/s41467-018-07004-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 30382090
AN - SCOPUS:85055786859
VL - 9
SP - 4533
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
SN - 2041-1723
IS - 1
M1 - 4533
ER -
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