VIP Team Lead Dr. Zafer Mutlu and Students Makes Discovery on Quantum Material
VIP Team Lead Dr. Zafer Mutlu has led him and his students to a great discovery involving quantum materials.
Strips of semiconductors called graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) could potentially help replace silicon-based microchips. More importantly, they have the likehood to be able to hold up in extreme environments.
Leading his team through experiments, they learned they could potentially use the electrical current from gamma radiation on the strip to detect high radiation in fusion reactors. On top of many more ways this technology could be used, Dr. Zafer Mutlu hopes to test different radiation levels and GNR sizes in future research.
From the article:
“The devices survive the exposure and still respond, but their electrical performance changes dramatically,” says principal investigator Zafer Mutlu from the University of Arizona in the US. “That's exactly the behaviour we want from a sensor.”
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