When a thing gets very, very small, you can't tell the difference between a solid and a liquid. (16:30 in video) - Robert B. Laughlin

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When a thing gets very, very small, you can't tell the difference between a solid and a liquid. (16:30 in video)

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About Robert B. Laughlin

Robert Betts Laughlin (born November 1, 1950) is a professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University. Along with Horst L. Störmer of Columbia University and Daniel C. Tsui of Princeton University, he was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics for his explanation of the fractional quantum Hall effect. In 1983, Laughlin was first to provide a many body wave function, now known as the Laughlin wavefunction, for the fractional quantum hall effect, which was able to correctly explain the fractionalized charge observed in experiments. This state has since been interpreted as the integer quantum Hall effect of the composite fermion.

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