SEK 28.5 M to Chalmers for research on graphene-based high-frequency electronics

The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research grant is given to professor Mikael Fogeström at Chalmers MC2 for a collaboration with Linköping University.

The project aims at a continued development of key competence in the field of graphene-based nanoelectronics with a focus on high-frequency electronics and in particular THz-technology.

Graphene, a monolayer of graphite, is one of the most promising material candidates for nanoelectronics devices due to its unique electronic properties. Since 2004, when graphene was first demonstrated in the laboratory, intense research efforts on its material properties have been pursued worldwide. In particular, the high mobility of charge carriers enables devices to operate at THz frequencies.

In this project, the groups at Chalmers and Linköping currently pursuing graphene research come together in a joint effort to model, design, fabricate and characterise graphene field effect transistors (G-FETs) and THz detectors. The goals being to demonstrate a transistor based on graphene and to demonstrate new ideas for graphene-based electronic systems exploiting the unique possibilities of a highly conductive single-atom thin film.

The project includes two activities: developing and optimising a G-FET for high-frequency electronics, and graphene-based electronic systems.