Sentences with phrase «because graphene»

And, because graphene is very thin, very lightweight, electrically conductive, and essentially transparent, it sounds like the perfect cell phone screen.

Because graphene in TFT and electrodes for capacitive displays will make plastic displays much stronger and unbreakable and displays in feather weight!

Additionally, because graphene has anti-static qualities, the dye should prevent flyaway hair.

The problem has always been manufacturing the damn stuff, particularly at any kind of scale, because graphene needs to be grown under very particular conditions.

And because graphene is essentially a two - dimensional material, building smaller devices with it and controlling the flow of electricity within them are easier than with three - dimensional alternatives like silicon transistors.

Because the graphene - based terahertz scanner is bendable you'll get a much better resolution and can retrieve more information than if the scanner's surface is flat,» says Vorobiev.

Not exact matches

The conductivity of GO is lower than graphene itself because of disruptions within its bonding structure.

Atom - thick graphene is the ideal substrate, Tour said, because of its high surface area, stability in harsh operating conditions and high conductivity.

The study, published in Nature Materials, demonstrates that because the molecules were swept along by the movement of strong ripples in the carbon fabric of graphene, they were able to move at an exceedingly fast rate, at least ten times faster than previously observed.

«This was a really important step because it meant that we knew the superconductivity was not coming from outside it and that the PCCO was therefore only required to unleash the intrinsic superconductivity of graphene.»

Graphene, a two - dimensional form of carbon in sheets just one atom in thick, has been the subject of widespread research, in large part because of its unique combination of strength, electrical conductivity, and chemical stability.

Because all of the atoms in graphene are at the surface, individual atoms and any defects in the structure are directly visible in a high resolution electron microscope, but at the same time they easily interact with the environment.

Intriguingly, the graphene plasmons are bent because the conductivity in the two - atom - thick prism is larger than in the surrounding one - atom - thick layer.

Graphene is considered the material of the future due to its extraordinary optical and electronic mechanical properties, especially because it conducts electrons very quickly.

This material is also very thin and has almost exactly the same chicken wire structure, but differs from graphene because it does not conduct electricity.

Fischer, along with collaborator Michael Crommie, a UC Berkeley professor of physics, captured these images with the goal of building new graphene nanostructures, a hot area of research today for materials scientists because of their potential application in next - generation computers.

Silicene may turn out to be a better bet than graphene for smaller and cheaper electronic devices because it can be integrated more easily into silicon chip production lines.

«Silicon nanosheets are particularly interesting because today's information technology builds on silicon and, unlike with graphene, the basic material does not need to be exchanged,» explains Tobias Helbich from the WACKER Chair for Macromolecular Chemistry at TUM.

Graphene, a single atomic layer of graphite with a carbon - layered structure, has been drawing much attention because of its abundant electronic properties and the possibilities of application due to its unique electronic structure.

They used graphene because it can guide light in the form of plasmons, which are oscillations of the electrons, interacting strongly with light.

The ability to produce graphene without the need for active heating not only reduces manufacturing costs, but also results in a better product because fewer defects — introduced as a result of thermal expansion and contraction processes — are generated.

Because of graphene's chemical inertness and biocompatibility, the team expects that the new technique will be effective in detecting trace amounts of organic molecules.

Work by Yeh's group and international collaborators later revealed that graphene made using the new technique is of higher quality than graphene made using conventional methods: It is stronger because it contains fewer defects that could weaken its mechanical strength, and it has the highest electrical mobility yet measured for synthetic graphene.

This facilitates their application in transistors and other electronic devices because, unlike graphene, their electrical conductance can be switched off.

Graphene, a one - atom - thick carbon sheet, has taken the world of physics by storm — in part, because its electrons behave as massless particles.

Graphene is a relatively new material that is interesting to scientists because it conducts both light and electricity.

«We use Teflon because it has a lot of fluorine groups that are highly electronegative, whereas the graphene - PLA is highly electropositive.

«Graphene is a unique material because, effectively, individual graphene electrons act as though they have Graphene is a unique material because, effectively, individual graphene electrons act as though they have graphene electrons act as though they have no mass.

This is because the electrical conductivity of graphene drops as soon as foreign molecules bind to it.

For the past decade, scientists have focused on graphene, a two - dimensional material that is a single atom in thickness, because it is one of the strongest, lightest and most conductive materials known.

Graphene NEMS can address both problems: they are very compact and easily integrated with other types of electronics, and their frequency can be tuned over a wide range because of graphene's tremendous mechanical sGraphene NEMS can address both problems: they are very compact and easily integrated with other types of electronics, and their frequency can be tuned over a wide range because of graphene's tremendous mechanical sgraphene's tremendous mechanical strength.

«We're very interested in bilayer graphene because of the number of states we are detecting and because we have these mechanisms — like tuning the electric field — to study how these states are interrelated, and what happens when the material changes from one state to another.»

Nanotubes share this property; they are actually better conductors than graphene because they force electrons to zip along a straight line.

Although other materials can change shape in response to moisture, the researchers experimented with graphene - based materials because they are incredibly thin and have unique properties such as flexibility, conductivity, mechanical strength and biocompatibility.

Because of the excellent mechanical flexibility of graphene and the convenient preparation of the devices, this invention can be used for the mass production of the semitransparent perovskite solar cells with printing or roll to roll process.

Because electrons in graphene move very quickly and scatter little (see «Ballistic electrons»), computer chips made from graphene could in theory be both faster and experience far less noise from electron jostling than existing silicon chips.

Because the process developed by Mativetsky avoids the use of harmful chemicals, high temperatures or inert gas atmospheres, his work represents a promising step towards environmentally - friendly manufacturing with graphene oxide.

This is probably because the edges of the graphene nanoribbons are saturated with hydrogen, which was not accounted for in the simulations.

The process is possible, Cross says, because a single, flat layer of graphene is less energetically stable than multiple layers.

Miniscule ribbons of graphene are highly sought - after building blocks for semiconductor devices because of their predicted electronic properties.

These rings form because of so - called aromaticity, which is well understood in carbon - containing molecules such as benzene, as well as in graphene.

«Now we want to show not only that we can pass DNA through graphene but that we can use it as a sensing material because of its electrical conductivity.»

Indeed, graphene has superior conductivity properties, but it can not be directly used as an alternative to silicon in semiconductor electronics because it does not have a bandgap, that is, its electrons can move without climbing any energy barrier.

«Park AFM is the natural tool to investigate Graphene's adsorbed state on a flat substrate as well as characterize its surface properties and conductivity because of the reliability and accuracy of the equipment,» adds Dr. Advincula who will give the Webinar on July 9.

However, in all of these instances, graphene in its original form of atom - thin, flat sheets has had to be used with peripheral supports and structures because it lacks a solid shape and form of its own.

The research also suggests graphene could be a very effective material for collecting solar energy, Jarillo - Herrero says, because it responds to a broad range of wavelengths; typical photovoltaic materials are limited to specific frequencies, or colors, of light.

It is based on boron nitride, a graphene - like 2D material, and was selected because of its capability to manipulate infrared light on extremely small length scales, which could be applied for the development of miniaturized chemical sensors or for heat management in nanoscale optoelectronic devices.

Graphene has a band gap of zero in its natural state, however, and so acts like a conductor; the semiconductor potential can't be realized because the conductivity can't be shut off, even at low temperatures.

In a second development, researchers have found that atomic vacancies in graphene can give rise to magnetic properties that were entirely unexpected because carbon has no d or f electrons.

Because of the lack of energy gap in natural graphene, graphene transistors do not possess the on - off ratio required for digital switching operations, which makes conventional processors better at processing discrete digital signals.