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Graphene 2012 to Feature a Brokerage Event

On the occasion of the Graphene 2012 International Conference, a Brokerage Event will be taking place on the 12th of April in Brussels (Belgium). The aim of the event is to encourage meetings between companies, unive...

16 Feb 2012

Study Reveals CVD-Grown Graphene is Suitable for Nanosensor Applications

A research team from the University of Bristol in partnership with researchers from the US Office of Naval Research has detected and measured internal friction, stress and strain shear modulus of graphene sheets for the first time.

16 Feb 2012

Vorbeck Materials Earns Innovator Award for Graphene-Based Energy Solution

Vorbeck Materials has won the Department of Energy (DOE)’s award for top innovators. The company is one among the three winners of America’s Next Top Energy Innovator Challenge, a competition conducted by DOE.

From Vorbeck Materials 15 Feb 2012

New Nanotechnology-Based Platform for Development of Molecule-Based Electronics

In Nano-Science Center at the University of Copenhagen, researchers have found a novel nanotechnology-based platform to develop molecule-based electronic components through graphene, which is a good electrical conductor and 200 times stronger than steel.

13 Feb 2012

Two Nanomaterial Researchers Receive NSF CAREER Awards

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has granted the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards to five Assistant Professors of the University of Houston, of which two are involved in the nanomaterial research.

13 Feb 2012

Researcher Develops Novel Methods to Create and Work with Carbon Nanotubes

A research team led by Gurpreet Singh from the Kansas State University is developing novel methods to synthesize and work with graphene-based carbon nanotubes, which pave the way to enhance the performance of rechargeable batteries and laser detectors.

8 Feb 2012

Announcement of New Investment Strands for Graphene Research in UK

Announcement of four new investment strands will help the United Kingdom to lead and establish itself as a graphene research hub for commercializing novel graphene technologies.

4 Feb 2012

Study Findings Pave Way to Use Graphene as Next Silicon

High conductivity is one of the major issues of graphene and this restricts it to be used as a base material for producing computer chips.

4 Feb 2012

Northern Graphite’s High-Carbon Graphite to be Used for Graphene Study

Northern Graphite has consented to deliver its +32 mesh and +48 mesh extra-large-flake, high- carbon graphite to Grafen Chemical Industries for use in graphene research.

From Grafen Chemical Industries 4 Feb 2012

Novel Method for Measuring Graphene’s Electronic and Optical Behavior

A research team comprising Leonhard Prechtel and Leonhard Prechtel from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen’s Walter Schottky Institut has devised a method to improve the time resolution down to the picosecond range for measuring photocurrent in graphene, which in turn helped in detecting pulses in a few picoseconds.

3 Feb 2012