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BU Collaborates with NUS to Launch Major Graphene Research Initiative

Graphene, the single layered nanomaterial derivative of graphite, has been the focus of research studies across universities and countries. Its unique and superior properties such as strength, conductivity and impermeability to gases offer the potential for numerous applications ranging from medical imaging devices to electrical circuits to touch screens.

26 Jul 2012

Researchers Discover Self-Healing Property of Graphene

A team of researchers from the SuperSTEM facility at Science & Technology Facilities Council’s Daresbury Laboratory and The University of Manchester has found that graphene, a one-atom-thick carbon material, undergoes a self-mending process to repair holes.

21 Jul 2012

Graphene in Silicon Photonic Circuits Pave the Way for Low-Power Telecommunications

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have discovered the optical nonlinear property of graphene that could pave the way for low-power telecommunication devices. Silicon-based photonic circuits are passive systems.

17 Jul 2012

Graphene Laboratories Expand Production Facilities

Graphene Laboratories, Inc. has made several new developments this summer, demonstrating their continued success in the commercialization of graphene materials. Most notably, their production capabilities are up with exp...

From Graphene Laboratories 16 Jul 2012

Graphene Hailed as the Miracle Material of the 21st Century

Dr. Kostya Novoselov, one of the discoverers of graphene, spoke about its unique properties and potential applications to 247Bull.com, the online publisher of significant market trends and economical events. Dr. Novoselov discovered graphene along with fellow researcher Andre Geim in 2004. The duo won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2010.

13 Jul 2012

New Scalable Fabrication Technique for Graphene Transistors

Researchers of the California Nanosystems Institute at UCLA along with researchers from UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have developed a scalable technique for the damage-free fabrication of self-aligned graphene transistors.

From University of California, Los Angeles 7 Jul 2012

Scientists Devise Technique to Study and Control Transition of Graphite to Graphene

The transition of graphite to graphene has always been a random process. Graphene, the single-layered structure comprising carbon atoms, was first isolated at the University of Manchester by stripping off the top layer from graphite with a scotch tape.

2 Jul 2012

Stanford Scientists Employ Graphene to Breathe New Life into Edison Battery

Thomas Edison developed the rechargeable nickel-iron battery in the early 1900s. Known for its durability and reliability, the battery was used as a back-up source for power requirements of the mines and railroad industries.

28 Jun 2012

NIST Researchers Tune Graphene Drumheads to Form Quantum Dots

National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST) researchers have discovered that when graphene is subjected to mechanical strain, forming it into a drumhead, the effect of magnetic fields are mimicked, creating a quantum dot, which is an exotic semiconductor type having a large number of potential applications in electronic devices. The June 22, 2012 issue of Science has published the results.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 25 Jun 2012

Vorbeck and Partners Bag R+D 100 Award

Vorbeck Materials and its partners Princeton University and Pacific Northwest National Labs (PNNL) have won the R&D 100 Award, an annual award instituted by R&D Magazine in honor of 100 most important technological and scientific products and innovations of the year.

From Vorbeck Materials 25 Jun 2012