MIT Physicists Transform Pencil Lead Into Electronic “Gold”
Isolate thin flakes that can be tuned to exhibit three important properties. MIT physicists have metaphorically turned graphite, or pencil lead, into gold by isolating…
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Ultramicro Supercapacitor: A Game-Changing Energy Storage Marvel
A novel ultramicro supercapacitor showcases superior energy storage and a potential revolution in device power sources. Researchers at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics…
MIT Physicists Discover Another Surprising Property in Graphene: Ferro-Valleytricity
A newly discovered type of electronic behavior from a five-layer graphene sandwich could help with packing more data into magnetic memory devices. Ordinary pencil lead…
Graphene’s Twisted Science: A New Quantum Ruler To Explore Exotic Matter
NIST researchers, studying twisted graphene layers, have unveiled a “quantum ruler” that investigates the material’s unique properties. A single-atom-thick sheet of carbon known as graphene…
Graphene Oxide: Nano-Warrior Reduces the Toxicity of Alzheimer’s Proteins
A probable early driver of Alzheimer’s disease is the accumulation of molecules called amyloid peptides. These cause cell death, and are commonly found in the…
Unveiling Nanoscale Wonders: Carbon-Based Quantum Technology
Scientists contact single graphene nanoribbons. Quantum technology holds immense promise, yet it is riddled with complexity. Anticipated to usher in a slew of technological advancements…
Twist & Stack: The Magic Within 2D Materials’ Embedded Interfaces
Scientists have developed a method to analyze the internal structures of vertically stacked two-dimensional materials, revealing atomic reconstructions that influence physical properties. This research holds…
Graphene’s Quantum Magic: Perfection Is Overrated
The carbon material graphene has excellent electronic properties. But are they also stable enough to be useful in practice? New calculations say: Yes. New computer…
Advancing Quantum Matter: “Golden Rules” for Building Atomic Blocks
Physicists have developed a technique to precisely align supermoiré lattices, revolutionizing the potential for next-generation moiré quantum matter. National University of Singapore (NUS) physicists have…
“Truly Mind-Boggling” Breakthrough: Graphene Surprise Could Help Generate Hydrogen Cheaply and Sustainably
Researchers have discovered that graphene naturally allows proton transport, especially around its nanoscale wrinkles. This finding could revolutionize the hydrogen economy by offering sustainable alternatives…
More Graphene Magic Starts When Flatness Ends: A Proton Permeability Puzzle Solved!
Researchers uncover graphene’s intrinsic proton permeability, offering a potential boost to the hydrogen economy and green hydrogen production. Researchers from The University of Manchester and…
Long Considered Impossible in Physics: Nonlinear Circuit Harvests Clean Power Using Graphene
The discovery overturns more than a century of physics orthodoxy by identifying a new form of energy that can be extracted from ambient heat using…
Unlocking Quantum Secrets of Magic-Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene With Unprecedented Visualizations of Interacting Electrons
New study captures the behavior of interacting electrons that give rise to insulating states, addressing a key unsolved puzzle in the field. Princeton-led researchers have…
Unlocking Twistronics: Ribbons of Graphene Push the Material’s Potential
A new technique developed at Columbia offers a systematic evaluation of twist angle and strain in layered 2D materials. The emerging field of twistronics is…
Ancient Graphite Reveals a Quantum Surprise: Scientists Discover Hofstadter’s Butterfly
Scientists at The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute have discovered new physics in graphite through the application of twistronics, revealing a 2.5-dimensional mixing of…
Decoding the Mysteries of the “Wonder Material” Graphene Through Rainbow Scattering
New research uses protons to shine a light on the structure and imperfections of this two-dimensional wonder material. Graphene is a two-dimensional wonder material that…
Gateway to 3D Material Revolution: Researchers Put a Graphene Twist on Graphite
A breakthrough study by the University of Washington has shown that graphite, a 3D material, can be manipulated to possess properties of its 2D counterpart,…
2D Electronics Breakthrough: Researchers Resolve Long-Standing Roadblock by Observing Spin Structure in “Magic-Angle” Graphene
A group of scientists, headed by researchers from Brown University, have discovered a solution to a longstanding obstacle in the realm of two-dimensional electronics, by…