Move over, silicon: Advances pave way for powerful carbon-based electronics

December 19, 2007 | Source: PhysOrg.com

Princeton engineers have developed a novel way to replace silicon with carbon on large surfaces, clearing the way for new generations of faster, more powerful cell phones, computers and other electronics devices.

The Princeton engineers developed a method to place small graphene crystals on a computer chip, demonstrating the method by making high-performance working graphene transistors.