In a joint research conducted by Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology and Sungkyunkwan University in Korea, the team produced a new material by synthesizing amorphous graphene for the first time in the world.
Graphene is a thin layer of pure carbon. It is the thinnest compound known to man at one atom thick, the lightest material known, the strongest compound discovered, the best conductor of heat at room temperature and also the best conductor of electricity known.
The problem that prevented graphene from initially being available for developmental research in commercial uses was that the creation of high-quality graphene was a very expensive and complex process that involved the use of toxic chemicals to grow graphene as a monolayer by exposing Platinum, Nickel or Titanium Carbide to ethylene or benzene at high temperatures.
Samsung now has developed a technology to synthesize amorphous graphene, a material with sharply different properties to the crystalline graphene. The crystalline form is considered an ideal material for use in flexible and transparent display panels and wearable devices.
This new material has lower conductivity, which thus can be used in the electronics industry and others, including desalination.
Samsung electronics has teamed up with Sungkyunkwan University since 2004 to design this technology.
The article authored by the joint team of both R&D institutes and was also published on the website of US journal Science Advances.
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