Work done in the 1970s and 80s by the three physics Nobel Laureates named earlier this week: David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz, is just starting to bear fruit in the world of electronics. The prize, split 50, 25, 25% respectively, was awarded “for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter”, …
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