Abstract :
BEFORE SILICON GOT ITS OWN VALLEY, THIS mild-mannered element had to vanquish many other contenders to prove itself the premier semiconductor technology. It did so in the 1950s and 1960s. Today, carbon is poised at a similar crossroads, with carbon-based technologies on the verge of transforming computing and boosting batterystorage capacities. Already, researchers have used these technologies to demonstrate paper-thin batteries, unbreakable touch screens, and terabit-speed wireless communications And on the farther horizon they envision such carbon-enabled wonders as space elevators, filters that can make seawater drinkable, bionic organs, and transplantable neurons.
Keywords :
carbon; elemental semiconductors; nanotechnology; silicon; C; Si; battery storage capacities; bionic organs; carbon-based technologies; carbon-enabled wonders; computing; filters; mild-mannered element; paper-thin batteries; seawater; semiconductor technology; space elevators; terabit-speed wireless communications; transplantable neurons; unbreakable touch screens; Batteries; Carbon; Computers; Engineering profession; Graphene; Physics; Storage management; Wireless communication;
