News tagged with graphene sheet

Bilayer graphene works as an insulator

A research team led by physicists at the University of California, Riverside has identified a property of "bilayer graphene" (BLG) that the researchers say is analogous to finding the Higgs boson in particle ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Flaky graphene makes reliable chemical sensors

Scientists from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the company Dioxide Materials have demonstrated that randomly stacked graphene flakes can make an effective chemical sensor.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Team calculates the role of buried layers in few-layer epitaxial graphene

A CNST-led collaboration with the University of Maryland and the University of Texas has computed how electrostatic interactions between electrons in different layers of few-layer graphene affect the properties ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Closing in on a carbon-based solar cell

To make large sheets of carbon available for light collection, Indiana University Bloomington chemists have devised an unusual solution -- attach what amounts to a 3-D bramble patch to each side of the carbon ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 09, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (16) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New wonder material, one-atom thick, has scientists abuzz

Imagine a carbon sheet that's only one atom thick but is stronger than diamond and conducts electricity 100 times faster than the silicon in computer chips. That's graphene, the latest wonder material coming out ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (38) | comments 11

Nanotubes weigh the atom

(PhysOrg.com) -- How can you weigh a single atom? European researchers have built an exquisite new device that can do just that. It may ultimately allow scientists to study the progress of chemical reactions, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Super-thin carbon sheets poised to revolutionize electronics

Super-thin films of carbon with exotic properties, now taking the scientific world by storm, may soon mean a new era of brighter, faster, and smaller computers, smart phones, and other consumer electronics. Brighter digital ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 3