Sweet graphene: researchers use sugar to grow it

Physicists from the Rice University developed a new way to grow Graphene - using sugar and other molecules. It turns out that placing carbon-rich sources such as sugar on substrates made out of nickel and copper resulted in the formations of layers of graphene whose traits could be controlled.

This method creates nearly-perfect Graphene, and it needs "only" 800 degrees heat - as opposed to 1000 degrees some other approach use (at 800 degrees, the underlying silicon remains active for electronics, whereas at 1,000 degrees, it loses its critical dopants).

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