Artificial Graphene Created On A Semiconductor Device Using Nanofabrication Techniques

In an important breakthrough in physics and materials science, researchers have for the first time engineered artificial graphene in a semiconductor device.

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science researchers worked with colleagues from Princeton and Purdue Universities and Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia to achieve the milestone.

By intricately manipulating matter on a nanoscale, the team etched the unique 2D electronic structure of graphene onto a semiconductor material called gallium arsenide.