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Nanoropes of Carbyne, if Manufactured, Would be Stronger than Graphene

Carbyne will be the strongest of a new class of microscopic materials if and when anyone can make it in bulk.

10 Oct 2013

Thin Silicon Film Coating Does Not Affect Graphene’s Impressive Properties

Graphene has extreme conductivity and is completely transparent while being inexpensive and nontoxic. This makes it a perfect candidate material for transparent contact layers for use in solar cells to conduct electricity without reducing the amount of incoming light - at least in theory.

9 Oct 2013

Manchester Bestows Freedom of the City Honor on Graphene Pioneers

Sir Andre Geim and Sir Kostya Novoselov are to be awarded the Honorary Freedom of the City of Manchester for their groundbreaking work on the material graphene on Wednesday 9 October.

9 Oct 2013

OU to Acquire Veeco’s New GENxplor R&D Molecular Beam Epitaxy System

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today that the University of Oklahoma (OU) will receive the first shipment of Veeco’s new GENxplor™ R&D Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) System early in the fourth quarter. The GENxplor is a fully integrated deposition system that creates high quality epitaxial layers on substrates up to 3” in diameter and is ideal for cutting edge research on a wide variety of materials including GaAs, nitrides, and oxides.

From Veeco 7 Oct 2013

Nano-Thin Hexagonal Boron Nitride Films Protect Metals at Ultrahigh Temperatures

Atomically thin sheets of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) have the handy benefit of protecting what’s underneath from oxidizing even at very high temperatures, Rice University researchers have discovered.

7 Oct 2013

STC Ukraine Approves American Graphite’s Study on Nanocarbon Materials for 3D Printing

American Graphite Technologies Inc. ("AGIN" or the "Company") announces receipt of final approval from the Science and Technology Centre Ukraine (STCU) for the startup of its project, dubbed P600. The project was granted live status on October 1, 2013.

7 Oct 2013

Veeco’s GENxplor R&D MBE Systems Acquired by University of Nottingham for Optoelectronic Research

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today that the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, purchased two GENxplor™ R&D Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) Systems for its School of Physics and Astronomy. The systems will enable the growth of high quality, large area layers of graphene and boron nitride for advanced electronic and optoelectronic applications.

From Veeco 7 Oct 2013

Probing Light Interaction with Nano-Antennas Using Strained Graphene

Graphene can be used to investigate how light interacts with nano-antennas, potentially increasing the efficiency of solar cells and photo detectors, University of Manchester researchers have found

5 Oct 2013

Ultra-Thin Graphene Oxide Membrane with High Permeation Selectivity

One of the thinnest membranes ever made is also highly discriminating when it comes to the molecules going through it. Engineers at the University of South Carolina have constructed a graphene oxide membrane less than 2 nanometers thick with high permeation selectivity between hydrogen and carbon dioxide gas molecules.

5 Oct 2013

Graphene Oxide Polymer Composite Shows Promise for Secure Optical Information Storage

Swinburne University of Technology researchers have shown the potential of a new material for transforming secure optical information storage.

4 Oct 2013

Graphene News

Nanoropes of Carbyne, if Manufactured, Would be Stronger than Graphene

Thin Silicon Film Coating Does Not Affect Graphene’s Impressive Properties

Manchester Bestows Freedom of the City Honor on Graphene Pioneers

OU to Acquire Veeco’s New GENxplor R&D Molecular Beam Epitaxy System

Nano-Thin Hexagonal Boron Nitride Films Protect Metals at Ultrahigh Temperatures

STC Ukraine Approves American Graphite’s Study on Nanocarbon Materials for 3D Printing

Veeco’s GENxplor R&D MBE Systems Acquired by University of Nottingham for Optoelectronic Research

Probing Light Interaction with Nano-Antennas Using Strained Graphene

Ultra-Thin Graphene Oxide Membrane with High Permeation Selectivity

Graphene Oxide Polymer Composite Shows Promise for Secure Optical Information Storage

Scalable ZnO/Zn(OH)2 Nanosheets for Stable Lithium Anodes

Enhancing CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals via Lithium Doping and Surface Passivation

Electron-Phonon Interactions Boost 2D Semiconductor Conductivity

Biodegradable Polymers for Targeted Body Heating

Novel Liquid Crystal Process Unlocks High-Purity Carbon Nanotubes for Motor Applications

Enhancing Slurry Stability in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Turbiscan Technology

PiFM and its Role in Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

Conversations on AFM: How AI is Automating Scanning Probe Microscopy

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