New production method broadens the perspectives for an
improved use of the "magic material" - many different forms are
possible
Graphene, a crystal composed of only one layer of carbon
atoms arranged in a regular hexagon, is regarded as a material which is
believed to be capable of performing miracles, in particular in the fields of
electronics, sensor technology and display technology, but also in metrology.
Only four years after the first successful preparation of graphene, its
discoverers Geim and Novoselov were therefore awarded a Nobel Prize. As the
original preparation method (flaking of single atomic layers of graphite) does not
offer a good perspective for broad technological use, many groups of
researchers are concentrating very strongly on the development of alternative
manufacturing procedures.