A "magic spin" of graphene gives new properties
Graphene is a superlight material, 100 times harder than steel. It can be obtained by sticking with zeal mine from which it falls when we click a pencil. Observed under a microscope, graphene is a mesh of carbon atoms placed in hexagons.
A year ago, a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology discovered new properties of graphene by superimposing its two sheets and spinning one with a "magic angle" of 1.1 degrees. But now, researchers from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (IFCO), located in Barcelona, although they have gone further. For the first time, they have implemented the "magic angle" and made amazing discoveries.
These new graphene qualities will, for example, make energy transmission more efficient and save up to 60% of what is currently consumed. A breakthrough in the middle of the climate crisis. It is also a key property for manufacturing quantum computers or frictionless trains.
