Graphene provides foundation for new devices that handle electrons as waves

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Scanning electron microscope image of nano-patterned epitaxial ultra-thin graphite films shows a hall bar structure used to measure transport properties under magnetic fields. Credit: Image courtesy Zhimin Song
Scanning electron microscope image of nano-patterned epitaxial ultra-thin graphite films shows a hall bar structure used to measure transport properties under magnetic fields. Credit: Image courtesy Zhimin Song

A study of how electrons behave in circuitry made from ultrathin layers of graphite – known as graphene – suggests the material could provide the foundation for a new generation of nanometer scale devices that manipulate electrons as waves – much like photonic systems control light waves.


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