Case in point: In April, Samsung Electronics, working with South Korea's Sungkyunkwan University, announced
a graphene synthesis method that promises to speed the material's commercialization, touting its potential for use in flexible displays and other cutting - edge products.
Not exact matches
For the last two years the researchers have been developing new
methods for quick and cost - effective
synthesis of atomically thin two - dimensional materials —
graphene, molybdenum and tungsten disulfide — in gram quantities, particularly for rechargeable battery applications.
Thus, although the conventional
graphene fabrication
method of chemical vapor deposition is widely used for the large - area
synthesis of
graphene on copper and nickel films, the
method is not suited for silicon microelectronics, as chemical vapor deposition would require a high growth temperature above 1,000 degrees Celsius and a subsequent transfer process of the
graphene from the metallic film to the silicon.
«Our
synthesis method is controllable and scalable, allowing us to obtain
graphene as large as the size of the silicon wafer [over 300 millimeters in diameter],» Kim said.