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Two-dimensional semiconductor comes clean
April 27, 2015
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Columbia University engineering professor James Hone led a team in 2013 that dramatically improved the performance of graphene by encapsulating it in boron nitride. They've now shown they can similarly improve the performance of another 2-D material, molybdenum disulfide. Their findings provide a demonstration of how to study all 2-D materials and hold great promise for a broad range of applications including high-performance electronics, detection, and emission of light.Full StorySource
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science
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