Creating and observing current vortices in 2-D materials

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(Funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Army Research Office, and the Office of Naval Research)

Researchers at the University of Chicago and the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new method to measure how photocurrents flow in a two-dimensional material— a substance with a thickness of a few nanometers or less. This ultra-sensitive method will help researchers better understand the material in the hopes of using it to create flexible electronics and solar cells.