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New Composite Nanomaterial Holds Promise in Instrumentation Engineering, Aviation, and Aerospace

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University scientist, Dmitriy Serebrennikov took out a patent on his invention in physics Composite Invar materials of a new type on January 2019. Materials, which contain both Invar and functional properties, are extremely in demand in instrumentation engineering, aviation, radio-electronic equipment, and aerospace sector.

12 Feb 2019

Highly Complex Two-Dimensional Tessellation in the Molecular World

NUS scientists have developed a method to construct highly complex molecular tessellations using a single molecular building block.

12 Feb 2019

First Graphene Applies for NICNAS Listing of PureGRAPH™

Advanced materials company, First Graphene Limited (“FGR” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce it has applied to have PureGRAPH™ graphene notified and assessed by The National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) for listing on the Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances (AICS).

From First Graphene Ltd. 12 Feb 2019

Weebit Nano and the Technion Collaborate on ‘Real Processing in Memory’ Project Using SiOx ReRAM

Weebit Nano, the Israel-based semiconductor company seeking to develop and commercialise the next generation of memory technology, and the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) agreed to examine the possible use of ReRAM memories in a novel computing architecture that could speed up processing, memory transfer rate and memory bandwidth, and decrease processing latency – while using much less power.

From Weebit nano Ltd. 12 Feb 2019

NSF Offers Grant to VCU to Provide Training for Undergraduates in Chemistry and Nanoscience

A new program funded by the National Science Foundation will provide training in nanoscience and chemical biology research to eight undergraduate students at Virginia Commonwealth University every summer for the next three years.

11 Feb 2019

Product Development to Commence with Steel Blue Safety Boots

Highlights First Graphene and Steel Blue to commence product development on graphene enhanced safety boot components. Steel Blue is Australia’s leading supplier of safety work boots. Advanced materials...

From First Graphene Ltd. 11 Feb 2019

Researchers Synthesize First Metal-Organic Framework Around Light-Powered Aluminum Nanocatalysts

Two years ago, when Hossein Robatjazi, a Rice University chemist and engineer, intended to combine a molecular sieve known as metal-organic framework (MOF) with a plasmonic aluminum nanoparticle, he never thought the outcome would be the same process used by nature to petrify wood.

11 Feb 2019

First Graphene Applies for NICNAS Listing of PureGRAPH™

Highlights First Graphene has applied to have PureGRAPH™ graphene notified and assessed by The National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) for listing on the Australian Inventory...

From First Graphene Ltd. 11 Feb 2019

Researchers Manage to Produce Devices with Stable Germanene

Germanene is a 2D material that is obtained from germanium and is associated with graphene. Since it is unstable outside the vacuum chambers where it is developed, no real measurements of its electronic properties have been performed.

8 Feb 2019

Progress in Self-Assembling Nanomaterials

Collaboration between material scientists, biologists and chemists could advance the development of self-assembling nanomaterials, called nanoarchitectonics, argues a review in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.

8 Feb 2019

Understanding Adhesion at Tiny Scales Could Have Important Implications for Nanoscale Engineering

Scientists from Brown University have found out a unique way things stick together at minuscule levels, which could prove useful in developing micro- and nanoscale devices.

8 Feb 2019

Scientists Design Micromotors to Deliver Oral Vaccines in Mouse Model

Although vaccines save numerous lives, nobody likes to receive a shot. Therefore, researchers are attempting to create oral vaccines for infectious diseases.

7 Feb 2019

Gratomic to Launch New Graphene Ultra Efficient Tires

Gratomic Inc. a vertically integrated graphite to graphenes, advanced materials company is pleased to announce the development of Gratomic's new Graphene Ultra Fuel Efficient Tires (GUET) with certification and terrain testing targeted for completion in Q3, 2019.

From The Graphene Council 7 Feb 2019

Drilling Speed Increased by 20% – Yet Another Upgrade in the Oil & Gas Sector Made Possible by Graphene Nanotubes

56% of drilling tool failures in the oil extraction industry are caused by low durability of the rubber stator – one of the most important elements in a screw drill. In China, annual losses from the failure of drilling tools are estimated to be more than $40,000 per oil well.

From The Graphene Council 7 Feb 2019

Graphene and Related Materials Safety: Human Health and the Environment

As the drive to commercialise graphene continues, it is important that all safety aspects are thoroughly researched and understood. The Graphene Flagship project has a dedicated Work Package studying the impact of graphene and related materials on our health, as well as their environmental impact.

From The Graphene Council 7 Feb 2019