New graphene-type material created
May 25, 2014  15:14
Scientists have created a new material, related to graphene, which has the potential to improve transistors used in electronic devices. 

The new material, 'triazine-based graphitic carbon nitride', or TGCN, was predicted theoretically in 1996, but this is the first time that it has been made. 

Graphene is one atom thick, strong and conducts heat and electricity highly efficiently. The new TGCN material is also two-dimensional, but it has an electronic band gap, making it potentially suitable for use in transistors.

At present, transistors are made of expensive silicon that generates heat when used in electronic devices. 

Scientists have been looking for a material that is carbon-based and that has the electronic band gap needed for use as a semiconductor. 

"This is an exciting result because there are relatively few ordered two-dimensional organic solids. Finding a new member of the 'graphene family' is very significant," said Professor Andrew Cooper, from the University of Liverpool's Department of Chemistry.
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