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Nature Materials 6, 720 - 721 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nmat2006

Graphene: Mind the gap

Kostya Novoselov1

  1. Kostya Novoselov is at the Manchester Centre for Mesoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
    e-mail: Konstantin.Novoselov@manchester.ac.uk


Research now shows that interaction with silicon carbide substrate leads to the opening of a semiconductor gap in epitaxial graphene. This is an important first step towards bandgap engineering in this two-dimensional crystal, and its incorporation in electronic devices.

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