New experiments confirms that trilayer graphene exhibits the quantum hall effect. In a single layer of graphene, electrons 'race around' as if they have no mass. In a bi-layer graphene, this changes - and they behave as they do have a mass. It was predicted that trilayer graphene will exhibit the quantum hall effect, but this was difficult to show - mostly because there are several ways to construct the trilayer graphene. If the Top and bottom sheets are lined up, sandwich-style, the material behaves like a metal. But when layers step upward at a slant, like stairs, the Quantum Hall effect begins. More info: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/334796/title/Trilayer_graphene_exhibits_quantum_effect_ |
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