Graphene: CERN on the desk
Event details
| Date | 08.10.2012 |
| Hour | 16:15 › 17:15 |
| Speaker | Prof. Mikhail Katsnelson, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Graphene, a recently (2004) discovered two-dimensional allotrope of carbon (this discovery was awarded by Nobel Prize in physics 2010), has initiated a huge activity in physics, chemistry and materials science, mainly, for three reasons. First, a peculiar character of charge carriers in this material makes it a “CERN on the desk” allowing us to simulate subtle and hardly achievable effects of high energy physics. Second, it is the simplest possible membrane, an ideal testbed for statistical physics in two dimensions. Last not least, being the first truly two-dimensional material (just one atom thick) it promises brilliant perspectives for the next generation of electronics which uses mainly only surface of materials. I will tell about the first aspect of the graphene physics, some unexpected relations between materials science and quantum field theory and high-energy physics.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Section de Physique