Rare Form of Magnetism Unlocked by Stacking and Twisting Graphene
Twisting a monolayer and a bilayer sheet of graphene into a three-layer structure leads to new quantum mechanical states. Since the discovery of graphene more…
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Graphene Detector Reveals THz Light’s Polarization Using Interference of Plasma Waves
Physicists have created a broadband detector of terahertz radiation based on graphene. The device has potential for applications in communication and next-generation information transmission systems,…
U.S. Army Creates Sensor With 100,000 Times Higher Sensitivity – Improves Thermal Imaging, Electronic Warfare, Communications
Better detection of microwave radiation will improve thermal imaging, electronic warfare, radio communications. Army-funded research developed a new microwave radiation sensor with 100,000 times higher…
SARS-CoV-2 RapidPlex: New Sensor Rapidly Detects COVID-19 Infection
One feature of the COVID-19 virus that makes it so difficult to contain is that it can be easily spread to others by a person…
The Art of Making Tiny Holes: Processing Surfaces on an Atomic Scale
How can you perforate an atomic layer of material and leave the one underneath intact? Scientists at TU Wien (Vienna) developed a technique for processing…
Physicists Harness the Atomic Motion of Graphene to Generate Clean, Limitless Power
Researchers build circuit that harnessed the atomic motion of graphene to generate an electrical current that could lead to a chip to replace batteries. A…
New Detector Breakthrough Is Potential Game-Changer for Quantum Computing
A new paper published in Nature shows potential for graphene bolometers to become a game-changer for quantum technology. Physicists at Aalto University and VTT Technical…
The New SQUID: A Tiny Instrument to Measure the Faintest Magnetic Fields
David Indolese, a Physicist at the University of Basel, shortly explains the new SQUID – a minuscule instrument able to detect extremely faint magnetic fields….
Revolutionary Computer Technology: Metallic Carbon Circuit Element Enables Work on Faster, Efficient Carbon-Based Transistors
Metal wires of carbon complete toolbox for carbon-based computers. Transistors based on carbon rather than silicon could potentially boost computers’ speed and cut their power…
What Happens Between the Sheets? Extremely-Promising Superconductor Surprises Everyone
‘Floating’ Graphene on a Bed of Calcium Atoms Adding calcium to graphene creates an extremely-promising superconductor, but where does the calcium go? Adding calcium to…
Subtleties in Magnetic Fields Detected by Ultrathin Graphene Sensors
As with actors and opera singers, when measuring magnetic fields it helps to have range. Cornell researchers used an ultrathin graphene “sandwich” to create a…
New Graphene Face Masks Offer Very High Anti-bacterial Efficiency, Deactivation of Coronaviruses
Anti-bacterial efficiency close to 100% under 10-min sunlight and promising results in deactivation of coronaviruses. Face masks have become an important tool in fighting against…
Quantum Materials Could Mimic Colossal Magnetic Fields Using Graphene That Buckles
Cooled graphene mimics effect of enormous magnetic fields that would benefit electronics. Graphene, an extremely thin two-dimensional layer of the graphite used in pencils, buckles…
Stack and Twist: Physicists Accelerate the Hunt for Revolutionary New Materials
Bath scientists take an important step towards understanding the interaction between layers of atomically thin materials arranged in stacks. Scientists at the University of Bath…
Meeting Growing Demand for Increased Storage Capacity With Improved Graphene-Based Supercapacitors
Demand for integrated energy storage devices is growing rapidly as people rely more and more on portable and wireless electronics, and the global need grows…
Semiconducting Graphene Ribbons Developed for Electronics and Quantum Computing
A team of physicists and chemists has produced the first porous graphene ribbons in which specific carbon atoms in the crystal lattice are replaced with…
Dirac Electrons Come Back to Life in Magic-Angle Graphene – Unusual Breaking of Symmetry
A new symmetry-broken parent state discovered in twisted bilayer graphene. In 2018 it was discovered that two layers of graphene twisted one with respect to…
Chemists Achieve Breakthrough in the Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbons
Graphene Nanoribbons might soon be much easier to produce. An international research team led by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), the University of Tennessee and…