As per researchers at Rice University, 3-D white graphene structures could reduce the heat dissipation problems that are a big problem for electronics. According to researchers, they have found how to deal with one of the biggest problems that affects electronics i.e. heat.

According to Rouzbeh Shahsavari, who is a Rice assistant professor and Navid Sakhayand, a former graduate student, a 3-D form of boron nitride, called white graphene, has the qualities to keep electronics cool and therefore they can function longer. Shahsavari is an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and of materials science and nanoengineering.

As per experts, graphene is a layer of carbon atoms that is a one-atom-thick. It is connected together in a latticework of hexagons, which is repeated. The layer could be very hard or very soft; it depends on the way it is constructed.

In its 2-D sheet form, Boron Nitride resembles regular graphene, however there is one big variation i.e. it is an insulator so it not a good conductor of electricity whereas graphene itself is a very good conductor. But white graphene conducts heat. And this indicates that engineers could create electronics that would move heat out and away from important components.

Shahsavari told news service of Rice University, “One of the drawbacks in electronics, especially when you have layered materials on a substrate, is that heat moves very quickly in one direction, along a conductive plane, but not so good from layer to layer”. Shahsavari added that multiple-stacked graphene layers are one such example.