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Getting Closer To Using Graphene For Electronics

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the better-than-my-plan-to-use-spaghetti dept.

tgrigsby writes "Students at Georgia Tech have developed a new 'templated growth' technique that allows fabrication of nanoribbons with smooth edges and high conductivity. Predicting the ability to produce features no more than 10 nanometers wide and with extremely low resistance, Yike Hu and John Hankinson may be developing the next generation of processor technology."

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  1. Re:finally by show+me+altoids · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is that the one in Atlanta Atlanta?

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  2. Not according to IBM by The+Grim+Reefer2 · · Score: 3, Informative

    "IBM has revealed that graphene can't fully replace silicon inside CPUs, as a graphene transistor can't actually be completely switched off."

    1. Re:Not according to IBM by silverpig · · Score: 3, Informative

      From the link: "there is an important distinction between the graphene transistors that we demonstrated and the transistors used in a CPU. Unlike silicon, graphene does not have an energy gap, and therefore, graphene cannot be "switched off," resulting in a small on/off ratio." One of the issues with graphene is it doesn't have a band gap. You can create one if you can successfully dope it (unlikely), or if you can put it into a very narrow by relatively long shape (say 2 nm wide by 50 nm long). Once you have a band gap, you can turn it off completely.

  3. Re:Am I missing something? by mycroft822 · · Score: 3, Informative

    According to TFA: "We will not be following the model of using standard field-effect transistors (FETs), but will pursue devices that use ballistic conductors and quantum interference. We are headed straight into using the electron wave effects in graphene."