UMD Graphene photosensor offers better weapons detectors and telescopes to study the Universe & dark energy

UMD Scientists Trick Graphene to Create Faster, More Sensitive Infrared Photodetector that Appears to Beat All Existing TechnologiesUMD Online version: http://newsdesk.umd.edu/scitech/release.cfm?ArticleID=2706 COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Researchers at the Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials of the University of Maryland have developed a new type of hot electron bolometer a sensitive detector of infrared light, that can be used in a huge range of applications from detection of chemical and biochemical weapons from a distance and use in security imaging technologies such as airport