Scientists Produce First Movie of Individual Carbon Atoms in Action (w/Videos)

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 14:07 in Physics & Chemistry

(PhysOrg.com) -- Science fiction fans still have another two months of waiting for the new Star Trek movie, but fans of actual science can feast their eyes now on the first movie ever of carbon atoms moving along the edge of a graphene crystal. Given that graphene - single-layered sheets of carbon atoms arranged like chicken wire - may hold the key to the future of the electronics industry, the audience for this new science movie might also reach blockbuster proportions.

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