A new spin on one of the 20th century’s smallest but grandest inventions, the transistor, could help feed the world’s ever-growing appetite for digital memory while slicing up to 5% of the energy from its… Read More »New transistor could cut 5% from world’s digital energy budget
Scientists have developed a tunable graphene-based platform that allows for fine control over the interaction between light and matter in the terahertz (THz) spectrum to reveal rare phenomena known as exceptional points. The work could… Read More »Researchers engineer electrically tunable graphene devices to study rare physics
A research team develops an assembly method for atomically thin crystals at the wafer-scale. Read More | Graphene News — ScienceDaily
A team has successfully increased the levels of energy absorbed by wafer-thin photovoltaic panels by 25%. Their solar panels, just one micrometer thick, convert light into electricity more efficiently than others as thin and pave… Read More »Scientists achieve record efficiency for ultra-thin solar panels
A theory suggests putting graphene on an undulating surface stresses it enough to create a minute electromagnetic field. The phenomenon could be useful for creating 2D electron optics or valleytronics devices. Read More | Graphene… Read More »Don’t underestimate undulating graphene
A collaborative study confirms a potential new switching mechanism for a proposed generation of ultra-low energy topological electronics. Based on novel, quantum nanoribbons terminating on ‘zigzag’ edges, such devices would switch from non-conducting to conducting… Read More »A ‘zigzag’ blueprint for topological electronics
Insights into the oxidation of hydrocarbons at vanadium pentoxide pave the way for a new catalyst design. Read More | Graphene News — ScienceDaily
Scientists have long tried to use graphene, which is composed of carbon, as a kind of sieve. But this material doesn’t have any pores. Now, a team has found an alternative material which comes with… Read More »A sieve for molecules
A team of researchers has demonstrated that slightly twisted 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) display room-temperature ferroelectricity. Read More | Graphene News — ScienceDaily
A novel and better approach at detecting non-uniformities in the optical properties of two-dimensional materials could potentially open the door to new uses for these materials. Read More | Graphene News — ScienceDaily