The queen of carbon

Author

Anderson, Mark

Volume

52

Issue

5

fYear

2015

fDate

May-15

Firstpage

50

Lastpage

54

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;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Spectrum, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9235

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MSPEC.2015.7095205

Filename

7095205