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Graphene Can Replace Silicon in High-Speed Electronic Devices

Scientists have leaped over a major hurdle in efforts to begin commercial production of a form of carbon that could rival silicon in its potential for revolutionizing electronics devices ranging from supercomputers to cell phones.

11 Mar 2010

Student Engineer Creates New Form of Graphene That Stores Hydrogen

Determined to play a key role in solving global dependency on fossil fuels, Javad Rafiee, a doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has developed a new method for storing hydrogen at room temperature.

5 Mar 2010

Enabling Greener Transportation with Graphene

3 Mar 2010

Scientists Create Hybrid Graphene That Helps More Exploration in Materials Science

Rice University researchers have found a way to stitch graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) into a two-dimensional quilt that offers new paths of exploration for materials scientists. The technique has implicat...

2 Mar 2010

New Graphene 'Nanomesh' Could Change the Future of Electronics

Graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of a carbon lattice with a honeycomb structure, has great potential for use in radios, computers, phones and other electronic devices. But applications have been stymied because the semi-...

25 Feb 2010

Scientists Study How Metallic Contacts on Graphene Change Material's Electron Transport Properties

Using large-scale supercomputer calculations, researchers have analyzed how the placement of metallic contacts on graphene changes the electron transport properties of the material as a factor of junction length, width and orientation.

25 Feb 2010

Simple One-Step Process Produces Both n-Type and p-Type Doping of Graphene

A simple one-step process that produces both n-type and p-type doping of large-area graphene surfaces could facilitate use of the promising material for future electronic devices. The doping technique can also be used to increase conductivity in graphene nanoribbons used for interconnects.

11 Feb 2010