Articles tagged with: Nanoscale and Graphene

From GraphEne to GraphAne, now the possibilities are endless

Ever since graphene was discovered in 2004, this one-atom thick, super strong, carbon-based electrical conductor has been billed as a "wonder material" that some physicists think could one day replace silicon in computer chips.  more

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Graphene may have advantages over copper for IC interconnects

..cts narrower and narrower, the resistivity increases as the true nanoscale properties of the material become apparent," said Raghunath Murali, a research engineer in Georgia Tech's Microelectronics Research Center. "Our experimental d more

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Researchers Make Major Step Towards Faster Chips

.. such these small nanoscale dimensionalities," he said. "It is very unusual for electrical engineers, who are used to dealing with bulk structures of at least millions of atoms." As exciting as the findings are, researchers must more

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Exploring the Ultimate Nanoscale for Future Electronics

..hey're only two nanometers wide! It's like shoving a graphene sheet" - a single layer of carbon atoms with remarkable conductive properties - "right down into a tough, insulating ceramic." For Ramesh, the discovery, in an oxide, more

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