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The crystal structure of the SrMnBi2 material is similar to that of some ferropnictides (green: bismuth; blue: strontium; red: manganese). Photo: Marc Uhlarz/HZDR
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Researchers Discover Graphene-like Material
The 2010 Nobel Prize for physics went to two scientists researching the material graphene and its astonishing characteristics. Together with Korean colleagues, Dr Frederick Wolff-Fabris from the Helmholtz Centre Dresden-Rossendorf now has developed a material displaying physical characteristics that are similar to graphene. It is comprised of the elements strontium, manganese and bismuth and has a structural resemblance with certain high-temperature superconductors. Of particular interest is the fact that SrMnBi2 is easily doped with foreign atoms: This could allow for the creation of materials, that are either superconducting, magnetic or topological isolators.
