An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has demonstrated experimentally that electrons in naturally occurring double-layer graphene move like particles without any mass, in the same way that light travels. Furthermore, they have shown that the current can be « switched » on and off, which has potential for developing tiny, energy-efficient transistors—like the light switch in your house but at a nanoscale.
An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has demonstrated experimentally that electrons in naturally occurring double-layer graphene move like particles without any mass, in the same way that light travels. Furthermore, they have shown that the current can be « switched » on and off, which has potential for developing tiny, energy-efficient transistors—like the light switch in your house but at a nanoscale.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), U.S., and the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, were also involved in the research. The results were published in Nature Communications.
Graphene was identified in 2004 and is a single layer of carbon atoms.
