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Tiny graphene wrinkles create surprisingly powerful electrical effects
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Rice University researchers have demonstrated that physical wrinkles in graphene can alter its electrical properties through a phenomenon called flexoelectricity. This discovery suggests that material geometry could be used to control electronics at the atomic scale.
Researchers at Rice University have found that extremely small wrinkles in graphene can alter how the material behaves electrically. The results provide experimental evidence for flexoelectricity, an effect in which uneven bending causes a material to develop an electric charge. The findings are published in Advanced Materials .
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