New material for flat semiconductors

Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 06:50 in Physics & Chemistry

Researchers around the world have been working to harness the unusual properties of graphene, a two-dimensional sheet of carbon atoms. But graphene lacks one important characteristic that would make it even more useful: a property called a bandgap, which is essential for making devices such as computer chips and solar cells.

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