Making every micrometer count is a key consideration for designers and engineers working on modern smartphones, and a new material could free up some valuable space. Scientists have developed a nanometer-thick form of graphite that helps keep electronic devices cool, and does so while taking up just a fraction of the real estate of current solutions.
Graphite films play an important role in keeping many electronic devices cool, with their excellent thermal conductivity used to neutralize the heat produced by the surrounding components. But they aren’t so easy to make, involving a multistep process where the material is subjected to extreme temperatures of up to 3,200 °C (5,792 °F) to produce films measuring around a few micrometers thick.
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