2008/03/20 by P. Blake, Peter Blake, P. D. Brimicombe +19 · 5 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Graphene research and applications #Photonic Crystals and Applications #Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.mtrl-sci
paper · pdf · doi:10.1021/nl080649i
published as Nano Lett., 8 (6), 1704--1708, 2008.
arxiv created 2008/03/20 · openalex publication_date 2008/04/30 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2020/11/23 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Graphene is only one atom thick, optically transparent, chemically inert, and an excellent conductor. These properties seem to make this material an excellent candidate for applications in various photonic devices that require conducting but transparent thin films. In this letter, we demonstrate liquid crystal devices with electrodes made of graphene that show excellent performance with a high contrast ratio. We also discuss the advantages of graphene compared to conventionally used metal oxides in terms of low resistivity, high transparency and chemical stability.