Scientists investigate the potential of graphene
Some days ago Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov received the Nobel prize for physics in 2010 for their groundbreaking experiments regarding the two dimensional material graphene. Nearly at the same time a nationwide main programme (SPP 1459) of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) starts which involves about 40 working groups. Among them the CeNTech physicists from the Prof. Dr. Helmut Zacharias group who closely work together with the working group of Prof. Dr. Lifeng Chi (also CeNTech).
The scientists examine certain dynamic processes within the electronic structure of graphene. For this purpose they use highly specified femtosecond laser systems. Thus the researchers can draw conclusions from the conductivity of the graphene. This knowledge can, for example, be used to generate new conductors, that might open up undreamt-of possibilities thanks to that new technology.