Researchers at Columbia University have developed a new technology of manufacturing of lamps, which is based on application of graphene. Carbon lamp, which can replace the led, use special chip, capable of heating the graphene to such a degree, that he began to give light, writes the Internet-the resource Engadget.

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Researchers at Columbia University have developed a new technology of manufacturing of lamps, which is based on application of graphene. Carbon lamp, which can replace the led, use special chip, capable of heating the graphene to such a degree, that he began to give light, writes the Internet-the resource Engadget.

In fact, traditional incandescent bulbs are based on the same principle, but the thickness of graphene filaments is only one atom. Thanks to this new generation of lamps will be much thinner than today's counterparts.

Scientists believe that they have developed "heating" chip, paired with graphene filament, can be used in other fields: for example in "microcentro", which can be used for heating various chemicals and the study of chemical reactions. Of the University can be a key turning point in the development of photonic processors.

as for the light bulbs, the idea of using graphene in them threads is not new, but scientists at Columbia University say that their technology is different from the earlier and has several advantages.