Calculation of Phonon transport through molecular junctions
between graphene sheets via Green's functions technique through DFTB
«Gerardo Algara - Siller and Ossi Lehtinen carried out the experiment, and imaged the unknown ice structure
between graphene sheets,» said Ulm University professor Ute Kaiser, who led the German side of the collaboration.
Not exact matches
To overcome this challenge, the researchers from the Institute for Integrated Cell - Material Sciences (iCeMS) at Kyoto University borrowed a principle from polymer chemistry and developed it into a technique to assemble
graphene into porous 3D architectures while preventing stacking
between the
sheets.
When a
graphene lattice or
sheet is formed, its polycrystalline structure has random boundaries
between the single - crystal grains.
Two examples:
graphene — single - atom - thick
sheets of carbon atoms — has unique mechanical, electrical, and optical properties; and two - dimensional electron gases (2DEG)-- planar collections of electrons supported at the interface
between certain semiconductors such as gallium arsenide — allow the observation of such emergent behaviors as the quantum Hall effect and the spin Hall effect.
Scientists formed these crystals — which occur at room temperature — by squeezing tiny amounts of water
between two
sheets of
graphene, planes of carbon a single atom thick.
In the journal Optical Materials Express, from The Optical Society (OSA), the researchers reported that
graphene oxide
sheets treated with brief exposure to bright light in the form of a camera flash exhibited reversible bending at angles from zero to 85 degrees in response to switching the relative humidity
between 33 and 86 percent.
Cross thinks that if he can control the way the ribbons form and stack, he might be able to use them as transistors (electrical switches), capacitors (devices that store electrical charge) or connections
between electrically conductive
graphene sheets.
They demonstrated that a
sheet of
graphene, a lattice of carbon atoms one layer thick, could be used to differentiate
between bases in a strand of DNA by poking a tiny hole in the
sheet and threading DNA through it.
The top row shows the build - up of bacteria (green) on a plain
sheet of polyimide (left), graphite (middle), and laser - induced
graphene (right), while the bottom shows the clear split
between plain polyimide and electrified LIG (Credit: Arnusch Lab / Ben - Gurion University of the Negev)
Dresselhaus studied intercalated two - dimensional
graphene sheets and provided important insights into the properties of not only 2D
graphene, but also of the rich interactions
between graphene and the surrounding materials.