The Klein paradox, which relates to the ability of relativistic particles to pass through extreme potential barriers, could be yet another of the strange quantum phenomena made accessible by the properties of graphene.
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Calogeracos, A. Paradox in a pencil. Nature Phys 2, 579–580 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys402
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