Physicists reveal secrets of newest form of carbon

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A schematic of the graphene device and infrared measurement. Credit: UCSD
A schematic of the graphene device and infrared measurement. Credit: UCSD

Using one of the world's most powerful sources of man-made radiation, physicists from UC San Diego, Columbia University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have uncovered new secrets about the properties of graphene—a form of pure carbon that may one day replace the silicon in computers, televisions, mobile phones and other common electronic devices.


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