"Fractional" electrons seen in graphene

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Electrons become fractions of themselves in graphene, study finds
phys.org

Graphene: is there anything it can't do (aside from be manufactured at scale, anyway)

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moiré superlattice

IIRC, they've been shown to change material responses to both photons and phonons. Makes me wonder whether in this case they're seeing actual "fractional quanta" (kind of a contradiction in itself), or "just" an interaction with the moiré pattern (still interesting).