Smoothing out the wrinkles in graphene

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(Funded by the US Army Research Office, the Office of Naval Research, the National Science Foundation, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research)

Graphene holds promise for making next-generation electronics, so researchers are exploring ways to use graphene in circuits for flexible electronics and quantum computers. But removing the fragile material from a substrate on which it is grown is challenging. To address this issue, researchers have devised a fabrication technique that applies a wax coating to a graphene sheet, increasing its performance by a factor of four, compared to graphene made with a traditional polymer-protecting layer.