Abstract
Viscous flow of interacting electrons in two dimensional materials features a bunch of exotic effects. A model resembling the Navier-Stokes equation for classical fluids accounts for them in the so called hydrodynamic regime. We perform a detailed analysis of the physical conditions to achieve electron hydrodynamic transport and find alternative routes: the application of a magnetic field or a high-frequency electric field in the absence of very frequent inelastic collisions. As a major conclusion, we show that the conventional requirement of frequent electron-electron collisions is too restrictive and, as a consequence, materials and phenomena to be described using hydrodynamics are widened. In view of our results, we discuss recent experimental evidence on viscous flow and point out alternative avenues to reduce electric dissipation in optimized devices.
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Introduction
Viscous electron flow in two-dimensional (2D) materials is a collective motion of conduction electrons1,2,3,4 that results in exotic phenomena such as curved current profiles5, the superballistic effect6 and electron whirlpools7,8,9. Both the recent realization of these counterintuitive effects and the potential applications10,11 in 2D devices have attracted the attention towards this field. The collective motion of electrons is fully characterized by macroscopic variables12, by using continuum models1,2,7,13,14 similar to the Navier–Stokes equation (NSE) for ordinary fluids, hence the name of electron hydrodynamics. The conventional route towards viscous electron flow is favouring electron-electron collisions, also known as elastic scattering events since they conserve the total momentum of the system. The requirement reads as lee < W3,5 or, more strictly with the condition lee < le too1,2,7, where W is the size of the device, lee is the mean free path for elastic scattering and le for inelastic scattering. The latter loses momentum after collisions with impurities and the vibrating atomic lattice. These traditional requirements restrict the materials, temperatures and systems where viscous electron flow can be reached2. Hence, less restrictive routes3 towards viscous flow, such as the recently discovered para-hydrodynamics9,15, are desirable since they would facilitate the development of new applications such as less energy-demanding devices.
The aim of this work is to rigorously explore the requirements for collective behavior of the electrons. By solving the Boltzmann transport equation (BTE), which is assumed to be exact as described in Supplementary Note 1, the electron distribution is obtained. Transport may be collective or not, depending on the particular magnitude of the length scales W, le, lee, and eventually, the cyclotron radius lB due to a magnetic field and a length scale lω associated to an ac driving, as well as on the edge scattering properties.
When the electronic behavior is collective12,16,17, the NSE gives correct predictions for macroscopic variables such as the drift velocity. It is worth mentioning that although the formal derivation of the NSE in conventional fluids is based on the conservation of the number of particles, the momentum and the energy of the fluid, in solid-state systems, the unavoidable electron interaction with phonons and defects implies that the total momentum is not conserved. The latter is usually considered by including a dissipative term in a modified condensed-matter NSE1,2,7,13. As a consequence such term extends the validity of this modified NSE to account for the diffusive regime of transport, that cannot be considered as hydrodynamics. In this regime the considered NSE and the well-known Drude model (DRE) give rise to the same results. In our work we propose the accuracy of the NSE and the DRE, which are assessed by comparison with the BTE results, as a fundamental and quantitative criterion for viscous electron flow. Collective behavior is associated with accurate NSE predictions but unaccurate DRE predictions, as otherwise it would be diffusive. Moreover, it is robust regardless of choosing the total current, the velocity or the Hall profile as the observable of interest. In this paper, we study the requirements for viscous electron flow in terms of the characteristic physical length scales and we discuss how the alternative routes affect the most remarkable hydrodynamic signatures above mentioned.
Results
Boltzmann transport equation
Consider a 2D system where electrons behave as semiclassical particles18,19, with a well-defined position vector r = (x, y) and wave vector k = (kx, ky), and let \(\hat{f}({{{{{{{\boldsymbol{r}}}}}}}},{{{{{{{\boldsymbol{k}}}}}}}},t)\) be their distribution function that obeys the BTE19,20,21,22
where v = ℏk/m and − e are the electron’s velocity and charge, respectively, ℏ the reduced Plank constant and m the effective mass. Electrons experience a Lorentz force due to a time-harmonic electric potential \(\hat{V}({{{{{{{\boldsymbol{r}}}}}}}},t)=V({{{{{{{\boldsymbol{r}}}}}}}}){e}^{i\omega t}\), either set at the contacts or with an electromagnetic wave of frequency ω, and a perpendicular magnetic field \({{{{{{{\boldsymbol{B}}}}}}}}=B\hat{{{{{{{{\boldsymbol{z}}}}}}}}}\). \(\Gamma [\hat{f}]\) is the collision operator, including all sources of electron scattering. Under Callaway’s ansatz23,24,25, the collision term splits as \(\Gamma [\hat{f}]=-(\hat{f}-{\hat{f}}^{e})/{\tau }_{e}-(\hat{f}-{\hat{f}}^{ee})/{\tau }_{ee}\), where τe is the relaxation time for inelastic collisions with impurities and phonons towards the equilibrium distribution \({\hat{f}}^{e}\), and τee accounts for elastic collisions with other electrons towards the local distribution \({\hat{f}}^{ee}\) shifted by the electron drift velocity. The latter may also describe the effect of the para-hydrodynamics15. The intermediate tomographic regime26,27 does not obey Callaway’s ansatz, but it may described assuming two different values for the relaxation rate τee (see Supplementary Note 2).
We assume the electron density n to be constant and set by a gate potential, so that \({\hat{f}}^{e}\) does not depend on r or t. Let kF be the Fermi wavenumber and vF = ℏkF/m the Fermi velocity in an isotropic band structure. We rewrite \({{{{{{{\boldsymbol{k}}}}}}}}=k{\hat{{{{{{{{\boldsymbol{u}}}}}}}}}}_{{{{{{{{\boldsymbol{k}}}}}}}}}\), with \({\hat{{{{{{{{\boldsymbol{u}}}}}}}}}}_{{{{{{{{\boldsymbol{k}}}}}}}}}\equiv \left(\cos \theta ,\sin \theta \right)\), and define \(\hat{g}({{{{{{{\boldsymbol{r}}}}}}}},\theta ,t)\equiv (4{\pi }^{2}\hslash /m)\int_{0}^{\infty }(\hat{f}-{\hat{f}}^{e})\,{{{{{{{\rm{d}}}}}}}}k\) and \({\hat{g}}^{ee}({{{{{{{\boldsymbol{r}}}}}}}},\theta ,t)\equiv (4{\pi }^{2}\hslash /m)\int_{0}^{\infty }({\hat{f}}^{ee}-{\hat{f}}^{e}){{{{{{{\rm{d}}}}}}}}k\). Moreover \(\int_{0}^{2\pi }\hat{g}({{{{{{{\boldsymbol{r}}}}}}}},\theta ,t){{{{{{{\rm{d}}}}}}}}\theta =0\) and we assume \(| \hat{g}| \ll {{{{{{{{\rm{v}}}}}}}}}_{F}\), namely, phenomena happen near the Fermi surface. We integrate Eq. (1) over k and look for a solution \(\hat{g}({{{{{{{\boldsymbol{r}}}}}}}},\theta ,t)=\Re [g({{{{{{{\boldsymbol{r}}}}}}}},\theta ){e}^{i\omega t}]\), where ℜ stands for the real part. The following equation holds for the length scales defined in Table 1
where \({g}^{ee}\simeq {u}_{x}\cos \theta +{u}_{y}\sin \theta\) and the components of the drift velocity are \({u}_{x}({{{{{{{\boldsymbol{r}}}}}}}})=(1/\pi )\int_{0}^{2\pi }g({{{{{{{\boldsymbol{r}}}}}}}},\theta )\cos \theta \,{{{{{{{\rm{d}}}}}}}}\theta\) and \({u}_{y}({{{{{{{\boldsymbol{r}}}}}}}})=(1/\pi )\int_{0}^{2\pi }g({{{{{{{\boldsymbol{r}}}}}}}},\theta )\sin \theta \,{{{{{{{\rm{d}}}}}}}}\theta\).
Previous works have proposed a formalism based on non-local conductivity tensors to solve the BTE and particularly to analyze the hydrodynamic regime15,28. However, although formally such approach can be used in arbitrary geometries, its practical application has been reduced so far to limited edges conditions. In this regard, our current proposal overpasses this limitation.
The Navier–Stokes equation
Let us ignore higher modes of g(θ) to find a model equation based on macroscopic variables, this is, the drift velocity (ux, uy) and (wx, wy) which is related to the stress tensor in classical hydrodynamics. We write g as a distribution depending on these variables20
By considering this level of approximation and following the procedure detailed in Supplementary Note 3, Eq. (2) can be recast as
that resemble the continuity equation and the NSE for classical fluids1,2,7,13. We define the cyclotron frequency ωB ≡ eB/m, the viscosity ν and Hall viscosity νH as follows29,30
We notice that these definitions take into account the contribution of all considered effects, such as those derived from inelastic collisions. Including le in this expression is not new25 and it is similar to the effects considered by the ballistic correction proposed in previous works6,13,22. However in the current proposal it is not a phenomenological correction but remarkably it arises naturally from our model. Notice that Eq. (4b) has a dissipative term in u arising from non-conserving-momentum collisions (le < ∞), and this is why it contains the Drude equation (DRE) as a particular case.
Sample boundaries
Boundary conditions that account for edge scattering are crucial to properly describe viscous electron flow within any model31. It is generally admitted that a direct comparison between the NSE and the BTE approaches is clearly not trivial. The main difficulty is how to deal with boundary conditions in such a way that both methods could treat the same transport regimes. In the present work, one of the most relevant and innovative achievements is the development of a well-defined formalism to deal with the same edge scattering properties within both models, see Supplementary Note 4. Since the particular boundary details strongly depend on the experimental conditions, we shall study the most currently accepted types of boundary conditions derived from microscopical considerations. First, we consider a fully diffusive (DF) edge where incident electrons are scattered in all directions regardless of their angle of incidence5. Second, we analyze a partially specular (PS) edge where scattering is due to the irregularities of the boundary. Notice that this scenario is affected by the boundary roughness defined by way of its dispersion coefficient \(d\equiv \sqrt{\pi }{h}^{2}{h}^{{\prime} }{k}_{F}^{3}\, \lesssim \, 1\), where h is the edge’s bumps mean height and \({h}^{{\prime} }\) is its correlation length. The exact expressions for the BTE and the derivation of the NSE conditions in terms of the so-called slip length ξ31 are reported in Supplementary Note 4 and result in the following definitions
Notice that the validity condition d ≲ 1 prevents the occurrence of negative values of the slip length. These results are compatible with previous studies where the effect of inelastic collisions, magnetic and ac electric fields were neglected31. Here, a flat PS edge (d = 0) leads to the perfect slip boundary condition ξ → ∞, while the no-slip condition ξ = 0 remains beyond the microscopic approach.
Flow in a channel
Figure 1 shows the distribution g(θ) given by the BTE for three different positions inside a very long channel under a constant potential gradient ∂yV. Let us start discussing the role of the boundary conditions in an intermediate regime transport such that le = lee = W, lB and lω → ∞. Figure 1a shows the distributions for a DF edge [see Supplementary Eq. (S.6) in the SI] where electrons are uniformly scattered in all directions, while Fig. 1b corresponds to a PS edge [see Supplementary Eq. (S.12) in the SI]. The angular distribution at the edge is less sharp when there is some specularity. Hence, regarding the truncated harmonic expansion (3), we expect the NSE to be more accurate for PS edges than for DF edges. Concerning the ballistic regime (le = lee = 10W), Fig. 1c and d present g(θ) in absence (lB → ∞) and in the presence of a commensurable magnetic field (lB = W), respectively. Although some electrons collide against the walls in the first case, others travel almost parallel to the channel without collisions and continuously increase their momentum. Such an accumulation of electrons traveling parallel to the channel, depicted in Fig. 1f, accounts for the sharp peak that appears in the pseudo-Fermi distribution in Fig. 1c. The NSE level of approximation based on the consideration of the first two angular harmonics Eq. (3) is clearly not compatible with such g(θ). Conversely, elastic and inelastic collisions keep these electrons from gaining momentum, as depicted in Fig. 1e. Moreover, they relax the angular distribution to smoother functions, as presented in Fig. 1a and b, and make the NSE accurate when le < W or lee < W. Interestingly, this is not the case in the so-called tomographic regime26,27, as shown in Supplementary Note 2. This regime, which is often considered between the ballistic and hydrodynamic regimes26,27, is not fully hydrodynamic according to this criterion.
Inelastic and elastic collisions
As shown in previous works5,20, the curvature of the current density profile in a uniform channel might not be a good indicator for hydrodynamic behavior. However, our approach can be tested in such a physical scenario, as well as in other non-uniform geometries, to evaluate the deviation between the results from the NSE and the BTE instead. Figure 2 shows the velocity profiles for different values of the length scales of the system. Figure 2a accounts for a uniform channel and Fig. 2b for a crenellated one. The main conclusion of Fig. 2 is that the NSE and the BTE predictions are completely different in the ballistic regime, but they almost overlap in the Poiseuille, diffusive, magnetic and ac field panels.
Additionally our results allow us to also understand how all the considered effects result in curved profiles. A Poiseuille profile, which is almost parabolic, emerges when lee ≪ W ≪ le, as depicted in Fig. 2c. Nevertheless, a nonzero curvature of the velocity profile is not unique to this regime. Even in the diffusive regime le ≪ W shown in Fig. 2d, and in the absence of elastic collisions lee ≫ W, the profile is not flat. Figure 2e shows the ballistic regime for comparison.
Figure 2f and g proves the hydrodynamic behavior and curvature in presence of a magnetic field and an ac field respectively. Although previously suggested32, we prove that the former is a stronger hydrodynamic fingerprint by a direct comparison between the BTE and the NSE. Most remarkably, the hydrodynamic features can also be induced by the application of an ac field. For completeness, Supplementary Note 6 shows the prediction of the velocity profile in an extended set of transport regimes, where in addition the DRE solution is shown as a wrong approximation to the problem. A detailed derivation of the DRE is presented in Supplementary Note 7.
Magnetic and AC fields
Let us now focus on the deviations of the NSE predictions from the BTE results. To this end, we calculate the electric current INSE and IBTE from the velocity profile obtained after solving the NSE and the BTE, respectively, and define the relative error as ϵ = 2∣INSE − IBTE∣/∣INSE + IBTE∣, as explained in Methods. The electric current is proportional to the area under each velocity profile, and it is a relevant quantity in most experiments5,33,34. The accuracy of the DRE has been accounted accordingly in Supplementary Note 8 to monitor the parameters that lead to identical results of the BTE, NSE and DRE, namely, the diffusive regime of transport.
Figure 3a shows the NSE error when compared to the BTE in the presence of a magnetic field and considering different boundary conditions. Notice that the gray patterned area corresponds to the conventional requirements for hydrodynamic onset. The red contour line limits the region where the NSE error is larger than 20%, defined as the ballistic regime of transport. Similarly the blue contour line surrounds the diffusive regime (blue area) such as the DRE error is smaller than 20%. We remark that these results would be similar if we choose a threshold within 10% and 30% to define the different transport regimes. Thus, white regions account for reliable sets of parameters supporting hydrodynamic transport. In all considered cases, our results demonstrate the validity of the NSE beyond the usually accepted conditions (see white areas). Indeed, the increase of the magnetic field also benefits the hydrodynamic regime as demonstrated in Fig. 3a. Still, the region of validity slightly shrinks for the particular case lB ≃ W. The latter occurs due to the already known commensurability effect of resistance35, that some works referred to as a phase transition32. In this particular situation, cyclotron orbits prevent electrons coming from a particular edge to reach the opposite one with all angles, as shown in Fig. 3c. Furthermore, Fig. 1d proves that this effect depletes entire regions of the pseudo-Fermi distribution, and Supplementary Eq. (S.7) for the incident distribution at the wall fails. Therefore, as a general trend, increasing the magnetic field while keeping lB ≁ W makes the NSE valid, as shown in Fig. 3a. Still there is a field threshold above which the system will eventually enter the diffusive regime of transport. Indeed, a Lorentz force, not balanced by a Hall field, prevents electrons from following straight trajectories, as illustrated in Fig. 3d.
We also study the effects of an ac electric field polarized along the channel when a magnetic field is also applied. Then there is an overall decrease in the NSE’s error when le ≫ W and lee ≫ W, shown in Fig. 3b. If we consider electrons traveling parallel to the channel, while they are increasing momentum the ac field swaps its direction leading to slow them down, as shown in Fig. 3e. Thus, inertia avoids the formation of peaks such as those highlighted in Fig. 1c and makes the NSE valid under an ac field, as also demonstrated in Fig. 3b. However, we find an increase in the error due to the cyclotron resonance condition lB ≃ lω (ωB ≃ ω), so that both effects couple and mutually hinder, as depicted in Fig. 3f. Figure 3 also sheds light on the transition from the diffusive to the ballistic regime when changing the various length scales involved in charge transport. It is apparent from Fig. 3 that, in almost all cases studied, the transition is not abrupt but an intermediate transport regime is reached, where the NSE describes accurately non-equilibrium collective electron dynamics (see white areas).
It is worth noticing that some authors suggest the Hall field instead of the current density profile to assess the hydrodynamic regime5,20. However, from this perspective, the consideration of the current profiles, the Hall voltage, the total current or the total Hall voltage yields the same conclusions, as proven in Supplementary Note 10.
In summary, according to the analysis of the transverse velocity profiles (see Fig. 2) and the evaluated error of the NSE in comparison with the BTE (see Fig. 3), we demonstrate that the traditional requirement for hydrodynamic transport in solid-state systems, lee < W, can be overcome by the the alternative routes whose general trends are summarized in Fig. 3: i) keep the inelastic scattering length within the order of the device size, le ~ W, ii) include a magnetic field such that a lB is the same order of magnitude as W but different from the commensurability condition and iii) the application of an ac field such that a lω ~ W.
Error maps shown in Fig. 3a also include typical physical conditions considered in some experiments for comparison6,13,36. Supplementary Note 9 reports on the detailed description of the considered sets of parameters. Notice that although some materials, such as low quality graphene \({{{{{{{{\rm{G}}}}}}}}}_{{{{{{{{{\rm{SiO}}}}}}}}}_{2}}\), never enter the conventionally accepted region, \({{{{{{{{\rm{G}}}}}}}}}_{{{{{{{{{\rm{SiO}}}}}}}}}_{2}}\) narrow channels may enter the hydrodynamic regime by way of the alternative routes. Our analysis changes the widely accepted paradigm and proves that more materials and more temperatures can be studied using hydrodynamics tools. This also establishes that the ratio lee/le is not so crucial concerning the validity of the NSE. As a reference, let us remark that for a graphene ribbon of width W = 500 nm at n = 1012 electrons/cm2, lB = 500 nm (B ≃ 250 mT), while lω = 500 nm (ω/2π ≃ 0.3 THz), so both lB ~ W and lω ~ W, are plausible requirements.
Discussion
The hydrodynamic routes proposed in this work shed light on some of generally admitted signatures of viscous electron flow. Let us focus first on non-local experiments based on uniform Hall bars in the so-called proximity geometry6,7,8. The existence of a transition from ballistic to hydrodynamic transport regimes has been demonstrated based on the occurrence of a sharp maximum in the negative resistance8. Notice that this effect is also related to the existence of unexpected backflow or even small whirlpools due to the viscous nature of the electron flow. The conventional hydrodynamic description, which requests the condition lee < W, agrees with their measurements at intermediate temperatures. However, the fact that the hydrodynamic onset survives at very low temperatures when lee → ∞, is incompatible with lee < W. Remarkably, the latter is indeed compatible with our results, since we have demonstrated that the condition le ~ W is already sufficient for the hydrodynamic transport to occur (Supplementary Note 12). The fact that the hydrodynamic regime only exists at low carrier density is consistent with le decreasing near the neutrality point7.
The alternative route le ~ W is also supported by the direct visualization of the Poiseuille flow of an electron fluid5. Here, the Hall field profile across a high-mobility graphene channel is used as the key for distinguishing ballistic from hydrodynamic flow. A curved profile is not unique to the conventional situation lee < W, as it also arises when le ~ W, in agreement with Fig. 2c. Within the same experimental setup, another alternative route with the magnetic field is made clear. Indeed, the authors find a sharp increase in the profile curvature when increasing the magnetic field, showing that our proposed condition to tune lB triggers the hydrodynamic onset of the NSE.
Last let us comment on the experimental hydrodynamic evidence known as superballistic conduction. This regime of collective transport refers to devices with a resistance under its ballistic limit6,13,22. We notice the superballistic regime cannot be exclusively related to the case of frequent elastic collisions, since it can also be reached with the proposed alternative routes as shown in Supplementary Fig. 8. Particularly under the condition lB ≪ W, such phenomenon is known as negative magnetoresistance13,29. Other experiments35 show how, after the resistance peak due to the commensurability effect (lB = W), a further increase of the magnetic field lB ≪ W results in a resistance under the ballistic limit.
Conclusion
To conclude, in this work we develop a framework to approximate the general BTE to the simplified NSE and to define where electron transport is hydrodynamic. We believe that our approach has several advantages, mainly because it is rigorously based on the requirements for collective behavior as a fundamental premise. This allows us to perform our analysis with no need of initial assumptions for the viscosity, so that its dependence on all length scales (le, lee, lB, lω, W) arises naturally. In addition, our approach is not directly related to geometrical constraints so it can be applied in many other physical scenarios. We conclude that the widely admitted requirements for viscous electron flow are too restrictive and limit hydrodynamic transport to very particular experimental conditions, regarding temperature range or materials quality. Remarkably, the alternative routes actually lead to the most noteworthy hydrodynamic signatures. Our proposal to search for hydrodynamic signatures for ac electric fields11,21 is still an open question in experiments. Although the generally admitted route lee < W, combined with lee < le, is the easiest situation where hydrodynamic flow can be decoupled from other effects, finding materials with high le/lee ratios is a major issue1,2,37. Thus, the relevance of the alternative routes, compatible with viscous flow, greatly expands the possible scenarios where traditional hydrodynamic features may occur or even unexpected phenomena may arise.
Methods
The BTE is solved using a finite element method38. Unlike the nonlocal conductivity formalism15,28, it can be implemented for arbitrary boundary conditions. In a very long channel, the electric potential splits as V(x, y) = VH(x) + y∂yV, where VH(x) is the Hall potential and ∂yV is a constant potential gradient. Therefore, g = g(x, θ) does not depend on y and the BTE (2) reduces to
We approximate the potential VH by its expansion in a truncated basis \({\{{\phi }_{n}(x)\}}_{n = 1}^{N}\) of tent functions defined on [ − W/2, W/2] as \({V}_{H}(x)={\sum }_{n = 1}^{N}{V}_{n}{\phi }_{n}(x)\) and write the solution as
where \({\{{\varphi }_{m}(\theta )\}}_{m = 1}^{N}\) is a periodic basis of tent functions defined on \(\left[0,2\pi \right)\). We achieved convergence for N ≳ 40 and M ≳ 32. We found the weak form of Eq. (2) and used a conforming Galerkin method to write the N × M system of linear equations. The resulting system is sparse in the spatial part and includes the boundary conditions for the scattered electrons. No-trespassing condition (ux = 0) is enforced, unless within a magnetic field, where the solution was later corrected to ensure no-trespassing condition. For 2D arbitrary geometries, the same procedure is applied to Eq. (2). We set the g(θ) distribution at the contacts, far away from the studied region, using as an input the result for simulations in uniform channels. We rewrite the equations at all other edges for the corresponding boundary conditions. We use N ~ 104 spatial elements for arbitrary geometries, with a triangle size ≤0.2W and an adaptive method with a thinner meshing near the corners, and a smaller M ~ 16 to reduce computational cost.
The NSE was solved analytically in a very long channel (see Supplementary Section 11 of the SI) and numerically in other geometries using the finite element method39, with triangular40 Taylor-Hood elements41. We imposed mixed boundary conditions31, used the analytical solution in a channel to set the velocities at the contacts and imposed a constant potential and zero current flow at the metallic contacts. The fourth-order Runge-Kutta method was used to compute the streamlines. The NSE and DRE errors are defined comparing to the BTE results as ε ≡ 2∣INSE − IBTE∣/∣INSE + IBTE∣ and \({\varepsilon }_{DR}\equiv 2| {I}_{{{{{{{{\rm{DRE}}}}}}}}}-{I}_{{{{{{{{\rm{BTE}}}}}}}}}| /| {I}_{{{{{{{{\rm{DRE}}}}}}}}}+{I}_{{{{{{{{\rm{BTE}}}}}}}}}|\) where \(I=-en\int_{-W/2}^{W/2}{u}_{y}\,{{{{{{{\rm{d}}}}}}}}x\) is the total current, proportional to the area under the velocity profile. In order to identify the diffusive regions, the quantity 1 − εDR indicates where the DRE equation is correct.
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Acknowledgements
We wish to acknowledge R. Brito, G. Oleaga, A. Cortijo, J. Bernabeu, B. Zhou, E. Diez and M. Amado for discussions. This work was supported by the “(MAD2D-CM)-UCM” project funded by Comunidad de Madrid, by the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, and by NextGenerationEU from the European Union and Agencia Estatal de Investigación of Spain (Grant PID2022-136285NB-C31). J.E. acknowledges support from the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (Grant FPU22/01039).
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Estrada-Álvarez, J., Domínguez-Adame, F. & Díaz, E. Alternative routes to electron hydrodynamics. Commun Phys 7, 138 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-024-01632-7
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