CPM Seminar

Graphene: A Romance of Two Dimensions

Allan MacDonald

Department of Physics
University of Texas

Graphene is a honeycomb lattice of carbon atoms with serendipitously charming electronic properties. This two-dimensional crystal was first studied theoretically by Phil Wallace in the 1940's, before he joined the faculty of McGill University. Interest in graphene has exploded following very recent successful efforts to isolate and probe individual graphene flakes at the University of Manchester and at Columbia University. I will review some of the main threads of current graphene research.