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Quantum electronics: Charge travels like light in bilayer graphene - EurekAlert


An international research team led by the University of G&ouml;ttingen has demonstrated experimentally that electrons in naturally occurring double-layer graphene move like particles without any mass, in the same way that light travels. Furthermore, they have shown that the current can be &ldquo;switched&rdquo; on and off, which has potential for developing tiny, energy-efficient transistors &ndash; like the light switch in your house but at a nanoscale. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, and the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, were also involved in the research. The results were published in&nbsp;<em>Nature Communications</em>.

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