Dr. Eva Y. Andrei
- Rutgers University
Graphene and the
Magic of Physics in Two Dimensions
Since its first scotch-tape extraction from graphite in
2004, Graphene – a one atom-thick crystal of carbon - has metamorphosed from
the poor relative of diamond into a “wonder material.” By now it has amassed an
impressive string of superlatives – lightest, thinnest, strongest material,
best electrical and thermal conductor - as well as the 2010 Nobel Prize for its
discoverers. Due to its remarkable properties graphene is rapidly moving from
research laboratories into industrial, medical and electronics applications.
For physicists much of the continuing excitement about Graphene stems from its
exotic charge carriers - Dirac fermions - which resemble two dimensional
massless neutrinos. The presentation will review the story and physics of
graphene with emphasis on its unusual electronic properties and will describe
the experiments and techniques which provided access to the two-dimensional
world of Dirac fermions, their interactions with each other and with the
environment.
Please contact Pat at 3-2325 or physics AT ucf DOT edu
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