Scientists at the University of Manchester have come one step closer to creating the next generation of computer chips using wonder material graphene.
The world’s thinnest, strongest and most conductive material, discovered in 2004 at the University of Manchester by Professor Andre Geim and Professor Kostya Novoselov, has the potential to revolutionize material science. (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphene for more info on Graphine )
Its remarkable properties could lead to bendy, touch screen phones and computers, lighter aircraft, wallpaper-thin HD TV sets and superfast internet connections, to name but a few.
This material has the potential to produce solar cells that could be made on printing presses laying extensive areas covered with inexpensive solar cells, much like newspaper presses print newspapers. as well as transparent flexible solarcells.
more information is available here: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=7504
The paper, “Tunable metal–insulator transition in double-layer graphene heterostructures” is available from the Press Office.
Dr Ponomarenko is available for interview on request.
Hi-res images of graphene can be found and downloaded at http://www.condmat.physics.manchester.ac.uk/pictures/
Images of Professors Geim and Novoselov are available from the Press Office
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