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At the Edge of Graphene-Based Electronics

Walter de Heer and his collaborators developed a new nanoelectronics platform based on graphene — a single sheet of carbon atoms.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

A pressing quest in the field of nanoelectronics is the search for a material that could replace silicon. Graphene has seemed promising for decades. But its potential faltered along the way, due to damaging processing methods and the lack of a new electronics paradigm to embrace it. With silicon nearly maxed out in its ability to accommodate faster computing, the next big nanoelectronics platform is needed now more than ever. Walter de Heer, Regents’ Professor in the School of Physics at the ...

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