News tagged with honeycomb lattice
The secrets of tunneling through energy barriers
Electrons moving in graphene behave in an unusual way, as demonstrated by 2010 Nobel Prize laureates for physics Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, who performed transport experiments on this one-carbon-atom-thick material. ...
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Graphene applications in electronics and photonics
Graphene, which is composed of a one-atom-thick layer of carbon atoms in a honeycomb-like lattice (like atomic-scale chicken wire), is the world's thinnest material – and one of the hardest and strongest. Indeed, the ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Quantum simulator prototype replicates structure of graphene
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from Columbia Engineering, the Italian National Research Council, Princeton University, University of Missouri, and University of Nijmegen (Netherlands) has developed an artificial semiconductor ...
Jun 07, 2011 |
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Defect in graphene may present bouquet of possibilities
(PhysOrg.com) -- A class of decorative, flower-like defects in the nanomaterial graphene could have potentially important effects on the material's already unique electrical and mechanical properties, according ...
May 25, 2011 |
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Graphene 2.0: A new approach to making a unique material
Since its discovery, graphene -- an unusual and versatile substance composed of a single-layer crystal lattice of carbon atoms—has caused much excitement in the scientific community. Now, Nongjian(NJ) Tao, ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Graphene: Can the Newest Form of Carbon Be Made to Bend, Twist and Roll
(PhysOrg.com) -- Can graphene -- a newly discovered form of pure carbon that may one day replace the silicon in computers, televisions, mobile phones and other common electronic devices -- be made to bend, ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 21, 2010 |
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How Perfect Can Graphene Be?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have investigated the purest graphene to date, and have found that the material possesses unprecedented high electronic quality. The discovery has raised the bar for this relatively ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 13, 2009 |
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From graphene to graphane, now the possibilities are endless
Ever since graphene was discovered in 2004, this one-atom thick, super strong, carbon-based electrical conductor has been billed as a "wonder material" that some physicists think could one day replace silicon ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 31, 2009 |
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