Physicists discover important new property for graphene
Feb 8, 2021 · A new property Graphene is composed of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in hexagons resembling a honeycomb structure. Since the material’s discovery, scientists …
MIT physicists discover a new type of superconductor that’s also a ...
May 22, 2025 · MIT scientists were surprised to discover a “chiral superconductor” — a material that conducts electricity without resistance, and also, paradoxically, is magnetic — in …
Physicists measure a key aspect of superconductivity in “magic …
Feb 5, 2025 · Physicists measured how readily a current of electron pairs flows through “magic-angle” graphene, a major step toward understanding how this unusual material superconducts.
MIT physicists find unexpected crystals of electrons in an ultrathin ...
Feb 26, 2025 · MIT physicists report the discovery of electrons forming crystalline structures in a material billionths of a meter thick. The material, rhombohedral pentalayer graphene, joins a …
Insulator or superconductor? Physicists find graphene is both
Mar 5, 2018 · Physicists at MIT and Harvard University have found that graphene, a lacy, honeycomb-like sheet of carbon atoms, can behave at two electrical extremes: as an insulator, …
How can electrons split into fractions of themselves? - MIT News
Nov 18, 2024 · MIT physicists have taken a key step toward solving the puzzle of what leads electrons to split into fractions of themselves. Their solution sheds light on the conditions that …
Electrons become fractions of themselves in graphene, study finds
Feb 21, 2024 · MIT physicists have observed fractional quantum Hall effect in simple pentalayer graphene. The finding could make it easier to develop more robust quantum computers.
Researchers design one of the strongest, lightest materials known
Jan 6, 2017 · A team of researchers at MIT has developed one of the strongest lightweight materials known, by compressing to fuse flakes of the two-dimensional form of carbon known …
A graphene roll-out | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of …
Apr 17, 2018 · MIT engineers have developed a scalable manufacturing process that spools out strips of graphene for use in ultrathin membranes.
A new approach to water desalination - MIT News
Jul 2, 2012 · Graphene sheets with precisely controlled pores have potential to purify water more efficiently than existing methods.