With a ‘catch-and-release’ process, researchers advance graphene electronics

Among the unique qualities of graphene is that layers of it can be stacked on top of each other, like Lego pieces, to create artificial electronic materials. But efficient methods for building these structures – and, more generally, atomically thin graphene-like materials that are placed on top of each other – are still lacking. Now, a team of researchers from New York University and the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan has found a versatile method for the construction of these structures.