Nature Physics, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03325-0
Laughlin states are descriptions of the quantum Hall effect in which interactions between electrons create fractionally charged quasiparticles. Now, excitons are shown to form between these quasiparticles in a bilayer graphene device.
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