Graphene has lived up to its promise in the lab. Now, EU researchers are working on supporting its wider adoption in high-end electronics, photonics and sensors.
Dr. Inge Asselberghs has been closely involved in advanced graphene research over the past decade. Today, she's at the forefront of efforts to bring this "miracle material" out of the lab and into society.
Asselberghs is part of an international team of researchers that set up a prototype manufacturing facility for graphene and other 2D materials at Imec, a leading global nanoelectronics research institute based in Leuven, Belgium.
The team pools expertise from 11 universities, research institutes and companies in six European countries as part of the 2D experimental pilot line (2D-EPL). Their aim is to advance the production and integration of graphene in prototypes for use in high-end electronics, photonics and sensors.
Graphene has the potential to fundamentally transform many areas of technology. Consisting of just a single layer of carbon atoms, it is extremely thin.
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