Magic angle makes graphene simultaneously superconducting and insulating

Date 6th, May 2021
Source New Atlas - Scientific News Websites

DESCRIPTION

Graphene just keeps getting weirder. Engineers at ETH Zurich have now managed to tweak the overachieving material so that some parts of a flake can be an electrical insulator while other areas act as a superconductor, just nanometers apart. The team demonstrated the breakthrough by making electronic components out of graphene.