Scientists using graphene to enhance electronic materials on the nanoscale
Using graphene to enhance electronic materials by nanoscale curved geometries. From left to right: geometry-controlled quantum spin transport, spin-triplet Cooper pairs in superconductors, magnetic textures in curvilinear structures. source: University of Manchester
A Scientists’ international team using graphene to enhance electronic nanomaterials this team from Italy, Germany, the UK, and China recently examined important development directions in the area of electronic materials with curved geometries at the nanoscale in a study that was recently published in Nature Electronics.
According to the new research, fascinating developments can be brought about by curvature at the nanoscale enabling them to define a brand-new field called (curved nanoelectronics). It appears curvature effects at the nanoscale are thoroughly examined in this study carefully, along with how they might be used in new spintronic, electronic devices, and superconducting.
Curved solid-state structures had many application opportunities. On a microscopic and nanoscale level, shape deformations in Shape changes in electronic nanochannels produce intricate three-dimensional spin textures on a microscopic scale, opening up new possibilities for spin orbitronics and assisting in the development of energy-efficient electronic devices.
Curvature effects can also promote, in a semimetallic nanowire, the generation of topological insulating phases that can be exploited in nanodevices relevant to quantum technologies, like quantum metrology. In the case of magnetism, Curvilinear geometry directly creates the magnetic exchange in the case of magnetism by producing an effective magnetic anisotropy, foreshadowing a significant potential for developing magnetism on demand.
Nanoscale curvature and its associated strain result in remarkable effects in graphene and 2D materials. The development in preparation of high-quality extended thin films, as well as the potential to arbitrarily reshape those architectures after their fabrication, has enabled first experimental insights into how next-generation electronics can be compliant and thus integrable with living matter.
Dr. Ivan Vera-Marun from the National Graphene Institute at The University of Manchester said, “Nanoscale curvature and its associated strain result in remarkable effects in graphene and 2D materials. The development in preparation of high-quality extended thin films, as well as the potential to arbitrarily reshape those architectures after their fabrication, has enabled first experimental insights into how next-generation electronics can be compliant and thus integrable with living matter.”
The paper also describes the methods needed to synthesize and characterize curvilinear nanostructures, including complex 3D nanoarchitecture like semiconductor nanomembranes and rolled-up sandwiches of 2D materials, and highlights key areas for the future developments of curved nanoelectronics.
