Graphene nanobubbles could lead to smaller and more powerful transistors

Michael Crommie, a physicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and his team discovered that if you strain and stretch Graphene then you get little wrinkles: nanobubbles. Electrons around these bubbles acted as if they where experiencing up to 300 Tesla of magnetic force (despite the lack of a sufficient magnetic field).

Graphene nanobubbles

The ability to control the existence of such powerful magnetic-like forces could potentially lead to the development of smaller, more powerful transistor switches in semi-conductors.