The exciting one-atom thick super material can now be produced in ample
quantities and high quality. Rapid improvements in nanotechnology are
now expected.
Technology improvements are about to get dramatically ultra-fast.
Exciting sustaining and disruptive innovations are on the way for just
about every digital appliance, from touchscreen tablet computing to
solar cells, according to a Science Daily
report.
Graphene is a new form of carbon, one atom in thickness, extremely
strong and highly conducive.
High performance can be achieved with graphene transistors that can
operate at much faster speeds and in higher heat conditions compared to
current silicon chip technology. Moreover, silicon is believed to have
achieved the near minimum effective size.
The result? Graphene will be big part in ensuring computing technology
produce exciting gains in power in small packages.
IBM and Intel are keen on developing the future of computing by further
exploring the potential of graphene.
This breakthrough was made possible by European researchers who worked
collaboratively in a joint project that produced two successful
outcomes, both of which would make the honey-combed shaped graphene
commercially viable.
The first project milestone was successfully using micro-fabrication
techniques to effectively produce graphene in a practical, scalable way,
a process that was once a painstakingly difficult method with variable
quality.
The second milestone was precisely measuring the material's electrical
characteristics to ensure that the material would meet technical
standards in mass commercial production.
