Graphene Monoxide may hold the key towards graphene electronics

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee developed a new material called Graphene Monoxide (GMO) which is semiconducting. It's also may be easier to scale up compared to Graphene. This new material can provide the key towards graphene based electronics. The researchers say that they discovered GMO by chance...

In their experiments, the team heated Graphene Oxide in a vacuum, to reduce oxygen. But the results surprised them - the the carbon and oxygen atoms in the layers of GO became aligned, transforming themselves into an ordered semiconductor - the GMO.

Posted: Apr 19,2012 by Ron Mertens