{"672243":{"#nid":"672243","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"One step closer to \u2018Graphene Valley\u2019","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESilicon has long reigned as the material of choice\u0026nbsp;for the microchips that power everything in the digital age, from AI to military drones. Silicon chips have been bumping against the limits of miniaturization for years,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/09\/27\/intel-says-moores-law-is-still-alive-nvidia-says-its-ended.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Edividing chip makers\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on whether Moore\u2019s law, the longstanding assumption that transistors will steadily get smaller and computers more powerful, is already dead.\u0026nbsp;But the global semiconductor industry is still under just as much pressure to produce ever more powerful chips, and keep up the pace of technological progress.\u0026nbsp;This month, researchers at Georgia Tech, led by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/walter-de-heer\u0022\u003EWalter de Heer\u003C\/a\u003E, Regents\u0027 Professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, created the world\u2019s first functional graphene-based semiconductor, marking what de Heer dubbed a \u201cWright brothers moment\u201d for the next-generation materials that could make up the electronic devices of the future.\u0026nbsp; (This research was also covered at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physicsworld.com\/a\/graphene-based-semiconductor-has-a-useful-bandgap-and-high-electron-mobility\/\u0022\u003EPhysics World\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.techbriefs.com\/component\/content\/article\/49960-researchers-create-first-functional-semiconductor-made-from-graphene\u0022\u003ETech Briefs,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/101581-researchers-develop-world-first-functioning-graphene-semiconductor.html\u0022\u003ETechSpot\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/hard-tech\/graphene-semiconductor\u0022\u003EFreethink\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mcgilldaily.com\/2024\/01\/silicon-or-graphene\/\u0022\u003EMcGill Daily\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fudzilla.com\/news\/pc-hardware\/58300-georgia-tech-boffins-claim-to-make-the-first-graphene-chip\u0022\u003EFudzilla\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESilicon has long reigned as the material of choice\u0026nbsp;for the microchips that power everything in the digital age, from AI to military drones. Silicon chips have been bumping against the limits of miniaturization for years,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/09\/27\/intel-says-moores-law-is-still-alive-nvidia-says-its-ended.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Edividing chip makers\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on whether Moore\u2019s law, the longstanding assumption that transistors will steadily get smaller and computers more powerful, is already dead.\u0026nbsp;But the global semiconductor industry is still under just as much pressure to produce ever more powerful chips, and keep up the pace of technological progress.\u0026nbsp;This month, researchers at Georgia Tech, led by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/walter-de-heer\u0022\u003EWalter de Heer\u003C\/a\u003E, Regents\u0027 Professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, created the world\u2019s first functional graphene-based semiconductor, marking what de Heer dubbed a \u201cWright brothers moment\u201d for the next-generation materials that could make up the electronic devices of the future. (This research was also covered at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physicsworld.com\/a\/graphene-based-semiconductor-has-a-useful-bandgap-and-high-electron-mobility\/\u0022\u003EPhysics World\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.techbriefs.com\/component\/content\/article\/49960-researchers-create-first-functional-semiconductor-made-from-graphene\u0022\u003ETech Briefs,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/101581-researchers-develop-world-first-functioning-graphene-semiconductor.html\u0022\u003ETechSpot\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/hard-tech\/graphene-semiconductor\u0022\u003EFreethink\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mcgilldaily.com\/2024\/01\/silicon-or-graphene\/\u0022\u003EMcGill Daily\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fudzilla.com\/news\/pc-hardware\/58300-georgia-tech-boffins-claim-to-make-the-first-graphene-chip\u0022\u003EFudzilla\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2024-01-17 20:48:47","changed_gmt":"2024-02-05 19:02:06","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Politico","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/digital-future-daily\/2024\/01\/16\/surveying-the-graphene-valley-00135921","dateline":{"date":"2024-01-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-01-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"176502","name":"Walter de Heer"},{"id":"429","name":"graphene"},{"id":"167686","name":"Semiconductors"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}