The base of the 2D-material with the white lines showing the structural kinks which modify the electrical properties mechanically.
The base of the 2D-material with the white lines showing the structural kinks which modify the electrical properties mechanically. The tiniest microchips yet can be made from graphene and other 2D-materials, using a form of 'nano-origami', physicists at the University of Sussex have found. This is the first time any researchers have done this, and it is covered in a paper published in the ACS Nano journal. By creating kinks in the structure of graphene, researchers at the University of Sussex have made the nanomaterial behave like a transistor, and have shown that when a strip of graphene is crinkled in this way, it can behave like a microchip, which is around 100 times smaller than conventional microchips. Prof Alan Dalton in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Sussex, said: "We're mechanically creating kinks in a layer of graphene. It's a bit like nano-origami. "Using these nanomaterials will make our computer chips smaller and faster.
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