Graphene key to dense, energy-efficient memory chips, Stanford engineers say (Stanford University)

(Source: Stanford University) Stanford Report, October 23, 2015 Only an atom thick, graphene is a key ingredient in three Stanford projects to create data storage technologies that use nanomaterials other than standard silicon. By Ramin Skibba Norbert von der Groeben Professor H.-S. Philip Wong, left, graduate student Joon Sohn and postdoctoral fellow Seunghyun Lee (seated) are developing high-capacity, energy-efficient memory chips that are not based on silicon. The memory chips in phones, laptops and other electronic devices need to be small, fast and draw as little power as possible. For years, silicon chips have delivered on that promise. But to dramatically extend the battery life of...