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[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Now, Walter de Heer at Georgia Tech in Atlanta and his colleagues have created graphene with a bandgap and even demonstrated a working transistor, an on/off switch that either prevents or allows current to flow through it.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Now let's see how it holds up at a scale of production.

Scientists have been able to make graphene do tricks for a minute now, not to discount it in any way. The problem for a while now is that they haven't been able to get it out of the lab and into a form of production. Let's hope this is a step in to that future.

[–] Trafficone@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago

As the saying goes, "graphene can do anything except leave the lab"