Graphene-Based Liquid Crystal Device

@article{citeulike:2811061, abstract = {Abstract: Graphene is only one atom thick, optically transparent, chemically inert, and an excellent conductor. These properties seem to make this material an excellent candidate for applications in various photonic devices that require conducting but transparent thin films. In this letter, we demonstrate liquid crystal devices with electrodes made of graphene that show excellent performance with a high contrast ratio. We also discuss the advantages of graphene compared to conventionally used metal oxides in terms of low resistivity, high transparency and chemical stability.}, address = {School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom, School of Physics \& Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom, Graphene Industries Limited, 32 Holden Avenue, Whalley Range, Manchester M16 8TA, United Kingdom, Centre for Mesoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom, and Institute for Microelectronics Technology, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia}, author = {Blake, Peter and Brimicombe, Paul D. and Nair, Rahul R. and Booth, Tim J. and Jiang, Da and Schedin, Fred and Ponomarenko, Leonid A. and Morozov, Sergey V. and Gleeson, Helen F. and Hill, Ernie W. and Geim, Andre K. and Novoselov, Kostya S. }, citeulike-article-id = {2811061}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl080649i}, journal = {Nano Lett.}, keywords = {experimental, graphene}, month = {April}, posted-at = {2008-05-18 20:22:01}, priority = {2}, title = {Graphene-Based Liquid Crystal Device}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl080649i}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2811061 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2811061 TI - Graphene-Based Liquid Crystal Device JF - Nano Lett. AD - School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom, Graphene Industries Limited, 32 Holden Avenue, Whalley Range, Manchester M16 8TA, United Kingdom, Centre for Mesoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom, and Institute for Microelectronics Technology, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia N2 - Abstract: Graphene is only one atom thick, optically transparent, chemically inert, and an excellent conductor. These properties seem to make this material an excellent candidate for applications in various photonic devices that require conducting but transparent thin films. In this letter, we demonstrate liquid crystal devices with electrodes made of graphene that show excellent performance with a high contrast ratio. We also discuss the advantages of graphene compared to conventionally used metal oxides in terms of low resistivity, high transparency and chemical stability. KW - experimental KW - graphene AU - Blake, Peter AU - Brimicombe, Paul AU - Nair, Rahul AU - Booth, Tim AU - Jiang, Da AU - Schedin, Fred AU - Ponomarenko, Leonid AU - Morozov, Sergey AU - Gleeson, Helen AU - Hill, Ernie AU - Geim, Andre AU - Novoselov, Kostya PY - 2008/04/30/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl080649i ER -