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New Simple Method to Determine Strength and Stiffness of Graphene

A new study led by engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute demonstrates, for the first time, a simple method for determining the strength and stiffness of practical samples of the nanomaterial graphene.

25 Jan 2014

Graphenea Reduces Price of Graphene Products for 2014

At the beginning of 2014, Graphenea has reduced prices of various forms of graphene by an average of 27% compared to last year's prices. The reasons for this most recent reduction are increased production efficiency, an improvement in process yield, and the acquisition of new lab equipment.

From Graphenea 22 Jan 2014

NUS GRC and BASF Partner to Develop Organic Electronic Devices using Graphene

The Graphene Research Centre (GRC) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Science and the world’s leading chemical company BASF have partnered to develop the use of graphene in organic electronic devices, such as organic light emitting diodes (OLED). The goal of this collaboration is to interface graphene films with organic electronic materials for the creation of more efficient and more flexible lighting devices.

From BASF 21 Jan 2014

Novel 3-D Material Behaves Like 2-D Graphene

Graphene – the thinnest and strongest known material in the universe and a formidable conductor of electricity and heat – gets many of its amazing properties from the fact that it occupies only two dimensions: It has length and width but no height, because it’s made of a single layer of atoms.

17 Jan 2014

New Market Report on Functional Materials for Future Electronics

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Functional Materials for Future Electronics: Metals, Inorganic & Organic Compounds, Graphene, CNT" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 15 Jan 2014

CVD Seeks Provisional Patents for Production of Larger Size CVD Graphene

CVD Equipment Corporation (“CVD”), a leading provider of custom chemical vapor deposition systems, today announced that it has filed provisional patents covering production of larger size and higher quality CVD graphene in increased quantity and at a lower cost.

From CVD Equipment Corporation 10 Jan 2014

New Market Research Report on Functional Materials for Future Electronics

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Functional Materials for Future Electronics: Metals, Inorganic & Organic Compounds, Graphene, CNT

9 Jan 2014

Novel Method for Mass Production of BCN-Graphene Nanoplatelets Leads to Fabrication of Graphene-Based FETs

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) announced a method for the mass production of boron/nitrogen co-doped graphene nanoplatelets, which led to the fabrication of a graphene-based field -effect transistor (FET) with semiconducting nature. This opens up opportunities for practical use in electronic devices.

19 Dec 2013

Effective Nanosensor to Detect Radioactive Materials in Waste Water Using Graphene Oxide

The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS') award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series features a new design for a highly sensitive device that can detect the radioactive materials uranium and plutonium in waste water.

From American Chemical Society 18 Dec 2013

Simple, Inexpensive Treatment May Help Unleash Graphene’s Potential

Graphene, a two-dimensional array of carbon atoms, has shown great promise for a variety of applications, but for many suggested uses the material requires treatments that can be expensive and difficult to apply predictably. Now, a team of researchers at MIT and the University of California at Berkeley has found a simple, inexpensive treatment that may help to unleash the material’s potential.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 17 Dec 2013