Scientists have created a new kind of radiation detector out of graphene 

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Graphene has a number of unique and fairly interesting properties, among which is its ability to turn heat into electricity. Now a group of researchers led by Grigory Skoblin of Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has taken this thermoelectric property and turned it into the driving force behind a new type of radiation detector.

The researchers developed a device called a bolometer, and they detailed the challenges they met as well as the advantages that the new device offers in a new study titled, “A new radiation detector made from graphene.” Its subheading reads, “A new bolometer exploits the thermoelectric properties of graphene.” The details of their research appeared recently in the journal Applied Physics Letters, from AIP Publishing.

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