Edgy light on graphene may bring new one-way information routers

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Researchers at Purdue University have shown that graphene's viscous fluid supports unidirectional electromagnetic waves on the edge. These "edge waves" are linked to a new topological phase of matter and symbolize a phase transition in the material, not unlike the transition from solid to liquid.