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Excitons in atomically thin materials flow faster than they fly

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Recent experiments demonstrate ultrafast-fluid-like propagation of excitons in monolayers of MoS2.

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Fig. 1: Exciton propagation in 2D materials.

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Glazov, M.M. Excitons in atomically thin materials flow faster than they fly. Nat. Nanotechnol. 18, 972–973 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01448-6

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