Some researchers are investigating other promising ways to make graphene an effective semiconductor, like using two - layer graphene along with a special insulating polymer or punching
holes in graphene to create a semiconducting «nanomesh,» but it remains to be seen if any of these techniques will produce viable chips.
Using a technique they developed last year, the researchers then etched tiny, uniform
holes in graphene — small enough to let water molecules through, but not larger contaminants.
Not exact matches
By drilling
holes in a hexagonal pattern
in a sheet of perspex, researchers
in Spain have created what they have dubbed «sonic
graphene».
Specifically,
in this work he has applied geometric structures similar to those of a crystal or
graphene layer, not typically used to describe black
holes, since these geometries better match what happens inside a black
hole: «Just as crystals have imperfections
in their microscopic structure, the central region of a black
hole can be interpreted as an anomaly
in space - time, which requires new geometric elements
in order to be able to describe them more precisely.
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.
Scientists have found that the charged particles
in graphene behave like a relativistic fluid, meaning
graphene - based chips could now be used to model black
holes and supernovas or build highly efficient devices that turn heat into electricity.