Researchers examine brucite/graphene composites for improved electronics

Researchers at the University of Bologna have introduced and considered a single layer of brucite Mg(OH)2, a 2D material that can be easily produced by exfoliation (like graphene from graphite), for the creation of van der Waals composites (known as heterostructures, or heterojunctions), where two monolayers of different materials are stacked and held together by dispersive interactions.