September 2016 Issue of Physics Today Is Online & in the Mail
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In the September 2016 Issue
Cold War Computers, California Supercars, and the Pursuit of Lithium-Ion Power
The electric vehicle’s history offers a lesson to the wise: Harvesting the fruits of basic science requires industrial foresight, investment, and a healthy dose of realpolitik. — Matthew N. Eisler
Two-Dimensional van der Waals Materials
Graphene is not the only atomically thin material of technological importance. Diverse families of newly harnessed monolayers have far-reaching implications for basic physics, materials science, and engineering. — Pulickel Ajayan, Philip Kim, and Kaustav Banerjee
The Graphene–Semiconductor Schottky Junction
When a two-dimensional material abuts a three-dimensional one, a century-old electrical phenomenon finds new applicability. — Xinming Li and Hongwei Zhu
...and much more!