Browse Physics

Graphene researchers show the leakage of heat from electrons to sound vibrations is small enough to allow for sensitive light detectors.

Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy experiments show how missing carbon atoms affect graphene’s electronic and magnetic properties.

Nanoscale planar materials such as graphene could be twisted to fabricate tubular objects.

Transport properties at the edges of topological states of matter may be more readily observed in graphene compared to other 2D systems.

Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, can be multiply folded in a controlled way into various types of single or periodic structures with intriguing properties.

A line defect that seems to naturally form in graphene grown on a nickel substrate may provide additional control of transport characteristics.

Tuning the area of the Fermi surface of graphene demonstrates the fundamental physics of electron-phonon scattering.

Controlling defects on graphene that trap migrating metal atoms may lead to superior device fabrication.

Scanning-gate microscopy on a graphene quantum dot reveals localized states which influence transport properties.

With a high-energy electron beam, it is possible to carve out atomically thin strands of carbon. Whether these carbon structures are conducting remains an open question.