Graphene’s sleeping superconductivity awakens

Since its discovery in 2004, scientists have believed that graphene may have the innate ability to superconduct. Now Cambridge researchers have found a way to activate that previously dormant potential. It has long been postulated that graphene should undergo a superconducting transition, but can't. The idea of this experiment was, if we couple graphene to a superconductor, can we switch that intrinsic superconductivity on? - Jason Robinson Researchers have found a way to trigger the innate, but previously hidden, ability of graphene to act as a superconductor - meaning that it can be made to carry an electrical current with zero resistance. The finding, reported , further enhances the potential of graphene, which is already widely seen as a material that could revolutionise industries such as healthcare and electronics. Graphene is a two-dimensional sheet of carbon atoms and combines several remarkable properties; for example, it is very strong, but also light and flexible, and highly conductive. Since its discovery in 2004, scientists have speculated that graphene may also have the capacity to be a superconductor.