“Magic-Angle” Graphene Uses Faint Light to Transform an Insulator Into a Metal, Revealing a New Way to Make the Unseen Visible | Buobe
“Magic-Angle” Graphene Uses Faint Light to Transform an Insulator Into a Metal, Revealing a New Way to Make the Unseen Visible
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Faint light can trigger a dramatic transition from an insulator to a metal — This could lead to highly sensitive detectors for faint radiation.
The discovery provides the foundation for extremely sensitive detectors — It may enable applications in security, material inspection, astronomy, and environmental sensing.
A material that normally blocks the flow of electricity can suddenly begin behaving like a metal when exposed to remarkably weak light, according to a new experiment involving one of the strangest forms of graphene ever created.
