{"id":830564,"date":"2020-11-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=830564"},"modified":"2020-11-20T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T10:00:00","slug":"twisted-graphene-could-power-a-new-generation-of-superconducting-electronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=830564","title":{"rendered":"Twisted Graphene Could Power a New Generation of Superconducting Electronics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: In 2018, a group of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) pulled off a dazzling materials science magic trick. They stacked two microscopic cards of graphene &#8212; sheets of carbon one atom thick &#8212; and twisted one ever so slightly. Applying an electric field transformed the stack from a conductor to an insulator and then, suddenly, into a superconductor: a material that frictionlessly conducts electricity. Dozens of labs leapt into the newly born field of &#8220;twistronics,&#8221; hoping to conjure up novel electronic devices without the hassles of fusing together chemically different materials. Two groups &#8212; including the pioneering MIT group &#8212; are now delivering on that promise by turning twisted graphene into working devices, including superconducting switches like those used in many quantum computers. The studies mark a crucial step for the material, which is already maturing into a basic science tool able to capture and control individual electrons and photons. Now, it is showing that it could one day be the basis of new electronic devices.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<div class=\"share_submission\">\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Twisted+Graphene+Could+Power+a+New+Generation+of+Superconducting+Electronics%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3fgSM6V\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/twitter_icon_large-794.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F20%2F11%2F20%2F0419255%2Ftwisted-graphene-could-power-a-new-generation-of-superconducting-electronics%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/facebook_icon_large-397.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/science.slashdot.org\/story\/20\/11\/20\/0419255\/twisted-graphene-could-power-a-new-generation-of-superconducting-electronics?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed\">Read more of this story<\/a> at Slashdot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Slashdot &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Slashdot\/~3\/Ft-9oDlEkJI\/twisted-graphene-could-power-a-new-generation-of-superconducting-electronics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twisted Graphene Could Power a New Generation of Superconducting Electronics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: In 2018, a group of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) pulled off a dazzling materials science magic trick. 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