Researchers make defect free graphene for first time which can be used in flexible displays

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December 5, 2016

Briefing	Defect-free graphene – German and Austrian researchers discovered adding a solvent benzonitrile allows graphene to be exfoliated with no functional groups forming, producing high guality graphene without defects Advantages of method – Include scalability, lower cost and enables measurement of electronic properties Implication – Makes it possible for semiconductor industry to scale use of graphene such as making transparent electrodes for flexible displays
Accelerator	Advanced Materials
Sector	Information Technology
Organization	University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), University of Vienna
Source	"‘Perfect’ low-cost, defect-free graphene directly from graphite," KurzweilAI, http://www.kurzweilai.net/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	September 15, 2016

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