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New graphene transistor promises life after death of silicon chip (Update)
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Researchers have used the world's thinnest material to create the world's smallest transistor – a breakthrough that could spark the development of a new type of super-fast computer chip.
Graphene Takes the Heat
Feb 20, 2008 |
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Carbon nanotubes are being touted by many scientists and engineers as the material of the future, with the potential to revolutionize electronic technologies. But a new study shows that nanotubes may not be ...
Graphene gazing gives glimpse of foundations of universe
Apr 03, 2008 |
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Researchers at The University of Manchester have used graphene to measure an important and mysterious fundamental constant - and glimpse the foundations of the universe.
Physicists show electrons can travel over 100 times faster in graphene than in silicon
Mar 24, 2008 |
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University of Maryland physicists have shown that in graphene the intrinsic limit to the mobility, a measure of how well a material conducts electricity, is higher than any other known material at room temperature. ...
Graphene provides foundation for new devices that handle electrons as waves
Apr 14, 2006 |
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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 ...
Move over, silicon: Advances pave way for powerful carbon-based electronics
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 18, 2007 |
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Bypassing decades-old conventions in making computer chips, Princeton engineers developed a novel way to replace silicon with carbon on large surfaces, clearing the way for new generations of faster, more powerful cell phones, ...
Graphene-based gadgets may be just years away
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Researchers at The University of Manchester have produced tiny liquid crystal devices with electrodes made from graphene – an exciting development that could lead to computer and TV displays based on this ...
Physicists discover how fundamental particles lose track of quantum mechanical properties
Mar 13, 2008 |
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In today’s Science Express, the advance online publication of the journal Science, researchers report a series of experiments that mark an important step toward understanding a longstanding fundamental physics problem of qu ...
A Smarter Way to Grow Graphene
May 14, 2008 |
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Graphene, a sheet of carbon just one atom thick, has many potential uses in the electronics industry, but producing these ideal two-dimensional carbon sheets is very difficult and, as a result, their use has ...
Graphene Nanoelectronics: Making Tomorrow’s Computers from a Pencil Trace
Jul 24, 2007 |
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A key discovery at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could help advance the role of graphene as a possible heir to copper and silicon in nanoelectronics.
Molecular memory a game-changer
Nov 21, 2008 |
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A team at Rice University has determined that a strip of graphite only 10 atoms thick can serve as the basic element in a new type of memory, making massive amounts of storage available for computers, handheld media players, ...
Physics graduate creates graphene resonator
Feb 18, 2007 |
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In the world of cutting-edge physics, discoveries are often made using intricate procedures and elaborate, expensive instruments. But a paper by Cornell graduate student Scott Bunch and colleagues shows how ...
New carbon nanomaterial shows promise of storing large quantities of renewable electrical energy
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 16, 2008 |
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Engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have achieved a breakthrough in the use of a one-atom thick structure called "graphene" as a new carbon-based material for storing electrical charge in ultracapacitor ...
Graphene used to create world's smallest transistor
Apr 17, 2008 |
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Researchers have used the world's thinnest material to create the world's smallest transistor, one atom thick and ten atoms wide.
Quantum hall effect observed at room temperature
Feb 15, 2007 |
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Using the highest magnetic fields in the world, an international team of researchers has observed the quantum Hall effect – a much studied phenomenon of the quantum world – at room temperature.
