In a relatively short period of time , scientists have been able to open and, to some extent, to explore a number of useful and sometimes surprising properties of the two-dimensional version of carbon. Graphene is one of the leading candidates to replace silicon in integrated circuits because it has a maximum charge carrier mobility among all known materials.
What is interesting, graphene also has an incredibly high thermal conductivity. Theoretically, the graphene can be used for removing heat energy, which is isolated semiconductor devices in a more traditional materials. First prove in practice, made by Charlmersa researchers at the Technical University in Sweden.
Scientists have used graphene to remove heat from the hottest parts of the electronic circuit. Dimensions of this area are relatively small and are measured micro-or even nanometer, but in normal conditions of temperature can rise up to 55-115 ° C. Due to the layer of graphene temperature was reduced by 25% (average 13 ° C).