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2010 Physics Nobel Prize ResourcesThe American Institute of Physics is proud to present a host of resources on this year's Nobel Laureates in Physics, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov from the University of Manchester for their "groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene."
» Overview of graphene The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics will be awarded to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov from the University of Manchester for their "groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene." Graphene was first created from graphite—a carbon-based material most commonly found in pencils—by Geim and his colleagues when they pulled a piece of adhesive tape across the bulk material. Eventually, they were pulling away a single-atom thick layer of carbon-graphene. Graphene's honeycomb crystal lattice gives the material especially unique electrical properties. Electrons move through graphene nearly unimpeded when compared to other materials. This allows for the creation of ultrafast electronic elements, for example. This property is thought to be a result of graphene's near-perfect atomic structure. The electrons in graphene are what's known as quasiparticles—the same word is used to describe how positively charged "holes" travel through semiconductors. The graphene quasiparticles do not behave like any other quasiparticles observed before, though. They behave in a manner similar to particles moving very near the speed of light. This unique and surprising property allows physicists to study relativistic and quantum mechanical phenomena that would be almost impossible to study otherwise. In addition to ultrafast electronics, other potential applications include graphene transistors, ultracapacitors, integrated circuits, transparent conducting electrodes, and many more yet to be explored. Quote from Dr. H. Frederick Dylla, Executive Director of AIP "Graphene is a splendid material, and its rapid rise to fame shows how quickly science can respond to new discoveries. Within a year or so of Andre Geim's and Konstantin Novoselov's first work with graphene, it became the subject of dozens of sessions at large science meetings. Many scientists, seeing a rich research opportunity, stopped what they were doing and turned to graphene."
Access AIP Journal and Magazine Articles by Andre K. Geim and Konstantin S. Novoselov Discover every article that AIP has published from these Nobel Laureates. Graphene related: Direct determination of the crystallographic orientation of graphene edges by atomic resolution imaging Quantum resistance metrology in graphene Raman fingerprint of charged impurities in graphene Graphene: Exploring Carbon Flatland Other research: Submicron sensors of local electric field with single-electron resolution at room temperature Spin-polarized electron tunneling across magnetic dielectric Submicron probes for Hall magnetometry over the extended temperature range from helium to room temperature Diamagnetic levitation: Flying frogs and floating magnets (invited) Tales of Bitter Magnetism: Frog Eggs, Blood Cells, Pigeon Feet, Metal Shreds and a Sore Head Everyone's Magnetism Ballistic Hall micromagnetometry Zero-dimensional states in macroscopic resonant tunneling devices Optical suppression of ionized impurity scattering in vertical hot-electron transport Top twenty most highly cited AIP journal articles on graphene Graphene segregated on Ni surfaces and transferred to insulators Organic solar cells with solution-processed graphene transparent electrodes Raman spectra of epitaxial graphene on SiC(0001) Extremely high thermal conductivity of graphene: Prospects for thermal management applications in nanoelectronic circuits Measurement of ultrafast carrier dynamics in epitaxial graphene Tunable Coulomb blockade in nanostructured graphene Few-layer graphene on SiC, pyrolitic graphite, and graphene: A Raman scattering study Raman fingerprint of charged impurities in graphene Current-induced cleaning of graphene First principles study of magnetism in nanographenes Gate-tunable graphene spin valve Scanning tunneling spectroscopy of in homogeneous electronic structure in monolayer and bilayer graphene on SiC Visibility of graphene flakes on a dielectric substrate Making graphene visible Unique chemical reactivity of a graphene nanoribbon’s zigzag edge Field effect in epitaxial graphene on a silicon carbide substrate Highly ordered graphene for two dimensional electronics Analysis of graphene nanoribbons as a channel material for field-effect transistors Stabilization mechanism of edge states in graphene Free-standing subnanometer graphite sheets |
