New Material Triazine Based Graphene Invented
New Material Triazine Based Graphene Invented
Scientists have discovered a new material called TGCN (triazine-based graphitic carbon nitride) which was theoretically formulated in 1996 but made now. This material which is related to graphene has the potential to improve transistors that are installed in electronic devices.
Graphene is of the thickness of one atom. It is extremely strong. This material is able to conduct electricity and heat with great efficiency. The new TGCN material is also 2 dimensional. TCGN has an electronic band gap that is suitable for use with electronic devices that include transistors.
Transistors are currently made of costly silicon that generates heat when it is employed in electronic devices. The search for new material which is carbon-based and has an electronic band gap required for a semiconductor led the scientists to discover TCGN.
This is a remarkable discovery because there are currently few ordered two-dimensional organic solids. Locating a new member of the same qualities as graphene is a great achievement. Professor Andrew Cooper from the University of Liverpool collaborated with scientists from Ulm Univeristy, Aalto University, Technical University Berlin, University College London, Humboldt University Berlin, Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, University of Helsinki as well as University of East Anglia.
The research team commenced with inexpensive moelcule dicyandiamide and prepared crystals of graphitic carbon nitride. This is a 2 dimensional layered material which can be similar to graphene though it also contains nitrogen.
These two ingredients were combined in a quartz tube and heated for up to 62 hours at 600 degree Celsius. This resulted in a liquid which contained flakes of TGCN. The flakes can be removed through filtering or peeling off a quartz tube.
The material is currently in an early stage of development. Cooper has emphasised that the next stage of research is regarding the exploration of the properties of this material. The remarkable part about TGCN is undoubtedly its electronic band gap. It can be used to build lightweight electronics which is bendable.
Graphene is a two dimensional material with considerable applications. However, scientists have not been very successful when it comes to transistors. This is because graphene lacks a property known as bandgap which is vital to constructing electricity.
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of technology had also announced that the new material has all the superpowers of graphene along with the concerned energy bandgap. The wide scope of applicability of material such as TGCN are what makes these discoveries extremely exciting.
The wondrous part about science is that many scientists have often come up with inventions and discoveries that can have a wide scope of application in the world. Modern life has become easier and less complex because of the discoveries that have shaped life and made it simpler.
Science has the ability to answer the questions of humanity. With scientists talking about the possibility of discovering life on other planets being around 20 years away, it seems science can answer more questions than it raises.
