By Josh Perry, Editor [email protected]
Paragraf, a company that recently spun-off from the University of Cambridge (U.K.), is producing graphene wafers that are up to eight inches (20 cm) in dimeter, which is large enough for commercial electronics.
Paragraf is producing commercial-scale graphene and developing graphene into electronic devices. (University of Cambridge)
According to a report from the university, Paragraf is also producing graphene-based electronics that could be used in transistors to generate higher speeds than silicon-based devices or in electrical sensors that are significantly more sensitive than what is commercially-available.
The first device will be available in the next few months.
“Using their method, the researchers were able form high-quality graphene wafers up to eight inches in diameter, beating not only other university research groups worldwide, but also companies like IBM, Intel and Samsung,” the report explained.
The company was spun-off early last year and has already received £2.9 million in funding. Its website explains that the company wants to “deliver the speculated capabilities of graphene to the real world.”
It added, “At our Cambridgeshire facility, we produce large area graphene to the highest quality, beyond current industry standards, through our combined expertise in thin film materials production, solid state structure processing and novel material product application. Our materials are used in our partnership collaborations where we are developing devices and processes that will enable step-change technological advancements in real world applications.”
Among the technologies that it is working on, Paragraf notes that graphene can be used to speed up electronics beyond the limits of Moore’s law and also can be used to enhance energy storage and conversion devices to make those processes more sustainable in the future.
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