{"671828":{"#nid":"671828","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Researchers Create First Functional Semiconductor Made From Graphene","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created the world\u2019s first functional semiconductor made from graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms held together by the strongest bonds known. Semiconductors, which are materials that conduct electricity under specific conditions, are foundational components of electronic devices. The team\u2019s breakthrough throws open the door to a new way of doing electronics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETheir discovery comes at a time when silicon, the material from which nearly all modern electronics are made, is reaching its limit in the face of increasingly faster computing and smaller electronic devices.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/walter-de-heer\u0022\u003EWalter de Heer\u003C\/a\u003E, Regents\u2019 Professor of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ephysics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at Georgia Tech, led a team of researchers based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Tianjin, China, to produce a graphene semiconductor that is compatible with conventional microelectronics processing methods \u2014 a necessity for any viable alternative to silicon.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/feature\/researchers-create-first-functional-semiconductor-made-graphene\u0022\u003EWatch the video and read the story at Georgia Tech Research\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created the world\u2019s first functional semiconductor made from graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms held together by the strongest bonds known. The breakthrough throws open the door to a new way of doing electronics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The technology could allow for smaller and faster devices and may have applications for quantum computing."}],"uid":"36123","created_gmt":"2024-01-03 18:02:38","changed_gmt":"2024-01-03 18:49:27","author":"Catherine Barzler","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-01-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-01-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672659":{"id":"672659","type":"image","title":"Walt With wafer.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWalter de Heer, professor of physics, holds a silicon carbide wafer that is\u003C\/span\u003E used to create semiconducting graphene.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1704305087","gmt_created":"2024-01-03 18:04:47","changed":"1704305087","gmt_changed":"2024-01-03 18:04:47","alt":"Man holds a silicon wafer over his eye","file":{"fid":"255937","name":"Walt With wafer.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/01\/03\/Walt%20With%20wafer.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/01\/03\/Walt%20With%20wafer.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2871661,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/01\/03\/Walt%20With%20wafer.jpg?itok=q8egMsyE"}}},"media_ids":["672659"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/edge-graphene-based-electronics","title":"At the Edge of Graphene-Based Electronics"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"193266","name":"cos-research"},{"id":"192251","name":"cos-quantum"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECatherine Barzler, Senior Research Writer\/Editor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:catherine.barzler@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecatherine.barzler@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["catherine.barzler@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}