Crystalline germanane (right) was synthesized by dissolving sacrificial layers (left) to remove calcium atoms (yellow) and replace them with hydrogen (black).
Thursday, April 11, 2013
#MATERIALS: "Atomic Germanium Beats Graphene"
For a decade semiconductor researchers have crowed that atomically thin layers of carbon--graphene--were going to replace silicon as the semiconductor or choice after the end on the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors circa 2020. Now Ohio State University (Columbus) researcher are disputing that prediction, instead proposing that atomic germanium it better, since it boosts performance over silicon by 10-times and is much easier-to-fabricate than graphene: R. Colin Johnson @NextGenLog
Crystalline germanane (right) was synthesized by dissolving sacrificial layers (left) to remove calcium atoms (yellow) and replace them with hydrogen (black).
Crystalline germanane (right) was synthesized by dissolving sacrificial layers (left) to remove calcium atoms (yellow) and replace them with hydrogen (black).
