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International Conference on Graphene to be Held in Brussels

The organizers of Graphene 2012 are pleased to announce the upcoming International Conference on Graphene to be held in Brussels (Belgium), from April 10-13 at the Brussels44Center. The call for abstracts (oral reque...

26 Jan 2012

Graphene Mimics the Hydrophobic Nature of Butterfly Wings

Butterfly wings, rose petals and many other natural surfaces repell water strongly; they are superhydrophobic. Such surfaces have a hierarchical structure on the micrometer or nanometer scale.

From John Wiley and Sons - Scientific Publishers 26 Jan 2012

Graphene Study Can Help Develop New Class of Surface Coatings

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and Rice University conducted a study, which established that silicon, copper and gold become wet even when they are covered with a single graphene layer.

From Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 25 Jan 2012

Researchers Demonstrate High Sensitivity of Randomly Stacked Graphene Flakes

A team of researchers from Dioxide Materials and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has shown that an efficient chemical sensor can be made by stacking graphene flakes randomly.

19 Jan 2012

Hydrogen Addition Widens Graphene Applications

Linkoping University researchers have demonstrated that graphene can be made more useful by adding hydrogen or helium.

17 Jan 2012

NIST Develops Software to Measure Friction in Graphene

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have devised a novel software to measure friction of graphene, a one-atom-thick carbon material.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 13 Jan 2012

Isotopically Engineered Graphene’s Thermal Properties Better than natural Graphene

Alexander Balandin, an electrical engineering professor at the UC Riverside Bourns College of Engineering and a research team from the University of Texas at Austin and China-based Xiamen University have demonstrated that the thermal characteristics of graphene that has been isotopically engineered is far better than that of natural graphene.

From University of California at Riverside 12 Jan 2012

Graphene Study Helps Improve Shelf Life and Efficiency of Electronics

A novel research conducted by scientists at UT Dallas paves the way to develop high-efficiency cooling solutions for producing quieter electronics with improved operating life.

12 Jan 2012

Researchers Demonstrate Magnetism in Graphene

Researchers, Professor Sir Andre Geim and Dr. Irina Grigorieva, from The University of Manchester have demonstrated that graphene can be made to behave like a magnet.

10 Jan 2012

Study Reveals Cracks in Graphene Follow Least Resistance Path

Researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and Rice University have discovered that when stress is applied, graphene does not rip apart randomly like paper but follows the least resistance path resulting in new edges that provide remarkable properties to the wonder material.

7 Jan 2012