An Easy, Scalable and Direct Method for Synthesizing Graphene in Silicon Microelectronics
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 10:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Graphene has been studied intensively for its unique properties, and now researchers have developed a microelectronics-compatible method to grow it and have synthesized wafer-scale, high-quality graphene on silicon substrates. The method is based on an ion implantation technique, a process in which ions are accelerated under an electrical field and smashed into a semiconductor. In Applied Physics Letters, the researchers describe their work, which takes graphene a step closer to commercial applications in silicon microelectronics.