Researchers invent new method for graphene growth

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 10, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (22) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell research team has invented a simple way to make graphene electrical devices by growing the graphene directly onto a silicon wafer.

Scientists synthesize graphene-like material: Polymer with honeycomb structure

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 19, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (12) | 1

Two-dimensional carbon layers, so-called graphenes, are regarded as a possible substitute for silicon in the semiconductor industry. The electronic properties of these layers can be varied by "building in" ...

Fujitsu Develops Technology for Low-Temperature Full-Service Direct Formation of Graphene Transistors on Large-Scale Sub

Technology / Semiconductors

Nov 27, 2009 | 5 / 5 (20) | 4

Fujitsu Laboratories today announced, as a world first, the development of a novel technology for forming graphene transistors directly on the entire surface of large-scale insulating substrates at low temperatures ...

New study confirms exotic electric properties of graphene

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 17, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (23) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is graphene: ...

Capturing those in-between moments: Researchers solves timing problem in molecular modeling

Physics / General Physics

Nov 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (5) | 0

A theoretical physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed a method for calculating the motions and forces of thousands of atoms simultaneously over a wider range of time scales ...