Graphene to replace silicon in computer chips? view story

sparkingtech.com — Physicists at the University of Maryland have shown that graphene, a sheet of graphite a single atom thick, can conduct electricity at room temperature better than any other known material, including silicon.

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- yoda
from a similar article at:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080324094514.htm

"This is about 35 percent less than the resistivity of copper, the lowest resistivity material known at room temperature."

this is a big deal.
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- exMixxer
@yoda The article mentions that, and it also mentions there are impurities in graphene which make it worse than copper at transferring electrons (until they find a way to better refine it).
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