Troy, N.Y. A key discovery at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could help advance the role of graphene as a possible heir to copper and silicon in nanoelectronics. Graphene, a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon, eluded researchers for years but was finally made in the laboratory in 2004 with the help of everyday, store-bought clear adhesive tape. Graphite, the common material used in most pencils, is made up of countless layers of graphene. Scientists simply used the gentle stickiness of tape to break apart these layers........
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Thursday, October 4, 2007
Making tomorrow's computers from a pencil trace
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