Here’s the problem: the more we use computers, the more energy that’s required.
Driven by a deep intellectual curiosity, Prof Fuhrer (Monash University) was drawn to science at an early age and now has a passion for mentoring the next generation of scientists, teaching them how it pays to be patient.
New video out from the Australian Academy of Science, below.
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Michael Fuhrer is an experimental condensed matter physicist renowned for his work on the electronic properties of low-dimensional materials. He made pioneering measurements to understand how disorder and electron-phonon scattering limit the electronic conduction in carbon nanotubes, graphene, and the surface state of topological insulators. Fuhrer also demonstrated the first nanotube single-electron memory, and developed fast and sensitive graphene terahertz detectors. He has been a leader in organising the research community in novel electronic materials in Australia, including directing the ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies.