Protons penetrating the graphene film grown on copper. Courtesy: L Gao A new technique to make ultra-flat, wrinkle-free films of graphene could pave the way for a host of applications, including ...

A research team has introduced a novel method for selectively tuning electronic bands in graphene. Their findings, published in Physical Review Letters, showcase the potential of artificial ...

The nano-IR imaging set-up for studying the moiré graphene lattice. (Courtesy: G Ni) Researchers at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) are the first to have used infrared nano-imaging to ...

Experts at manipulating matter at the nanoscale have made an important breakthrough in physics and materials science. They have engineered "artificial graphene" by recreating, for the first time, the ...

(Nanowerk News) Graphene consists of carbon atoms that crosslink in a plane to form a flat honeycomb structure. In addition to surprisingly high mechanical stability, the material has exciting ...

Researchers at Harvard University and Raytheon BBN Technology have discovered that the charged particles inside high-purity graphene behave as a fluid with relativistic properties. This find could ...

Almost everyone who knows something about graphene has heard about its many properties. Graphene possesses a number of excellent properties, and this makes it suitable for many applications—from ...

Silicone is a graphene analog built of silicon, the semiconductor which made modern computing possible. Over the last few years, graphene followed by other 2D materials has become the new focus of ...

(Nanowerk News) Seeking for low-dimensional boron allotropes has attracted considerable interest in the past decades and tremendous theoretical works predict the existence of monolayer boron. As boron ...