Coursera Flash Sale
40% Off Coursera Plus for 3 Months!
Grab it
Explore the fascinating physics of electron fluids in this 80-minute lecture from the Boulder Summer School 2025. Delve into the theoretical framework and experimental observations of electrons behaving as a collective fluid rather than individual particles, examining the conditions under which this phenomenon occurs and its implications for condensed matter physics. Learn about the hydrodynamic properties of electron systems, including viscosity, flow patterns, and transport phenomena in two-dimensional materials and quantum wells. Discover how electron-electron interactions lead to collective behavior and understand the mathematical models used to describe these fluid-like states. Examine experimental techniques for observing electron fluid behavior and analyze recent breakthroughs in materials like graphene and other two-dimensional systems where electron hydrodynamics has been successfully demonstrated.
