An excitonic Bose–Einstein condensate has so far been realized only in particular semiconductor heterostructure setups. Now, experiments show that such condensates can form in double graphene bilayers separated by hexagonal boron nitride.
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Muraki, K. Exciting double bilayers. Nature Phys 13, 726–728 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys4163
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