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August 23rd, 2012

Graphene Is Losing Favor as the Two-Dimensional Material of the Future

Abstract:
About 18 months ago, research at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne's (EPFL) Laboratory of Nanoscale Electronics and Structures in Switzerland was beginning to suggest that molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)—which occurs as the mineral molybdenite—may serve as preferable choice over graphene in a post-silicon world.

Since that time, research has been hotly pursuing the use of this abundant mineral for electronic applications since not only does it possess some of graphene's attractive qualities, but it brings them to the table with a band gap, unlike graphene. So attractive has this material become that even the discoverers of graphene are now focusing much of their research into using MoS2.

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