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New Nanopore Electrical Platform to Detect Single DNA Molecule

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new, carbon-based nanoscale platform to electrically detect single DNA molecules.

27 Jul 2010

Novel Technique to Produce Graphene Organic Photovoltaics

A University of Southern California team has produced flexible transparent carbon atom films that the researchers say have great potential for a new breed of solar cells.

26 Jul 2010

Eco-Friendly Way for Mass Production of Graphene Oxide

"We can make you and we can break you." If Rice University scientists wrote country songs, their ode to graphene oxide would start something like that. But this song wouldn't break anybody's heart. A new paper fr...

23 Jul 2010

Simple Surface-Based Chemical Method to Grow Graphene Nanoribbons

In the recent issue of Nature, scientists from Empa and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research report how they have managed for the first time to grow graphene ribbons that are just a few nanometres wide using a simple surface-based chemical method.

22 Jul 2010

New Carbon Nanomaterial Can Fight Disease-Causing Bacteria

A new form of paper with the built-in ability to fight disease-causing bacteria could have applications that range from anti-bacterial bandages to food packaging that keeps food fresher longer to shoes that ward off foot odor.

22 Jul 2010

Vorbeck Materials Announces Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with PNNL

Vorbeck Materials Corp., in collaboration with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), operated by Battelle for the Department of Energy, announces a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) to de...

From Vorbeck Materials 14 Jul 2010

Adding Graphene to Battery Materials Reduces Recharge Time for Electronics

Adding a bit of graphene to battery materials could dramatically cut the time it takes to recharge electronics.

14 Jul 2010

Graphene Nanopores Can Read Off DNA Sequence

A team of researchers from Delft University of Technology announces a new type of nanopore devices that may significantly impact the way we screen DNA molecules, for example to read off their sequence.

12 Jul 2010

ASU Researcher Finds New Way to Commercialize Graphene

Since its discovery, graphene—an unusual and versatile substance composed of a single-layer crystal lattice of carbon atoms—has caused much excitement in the scientific community.

2 Jul 2010

New Cost-Effective Technique to Produce Graphene in Large Numbers

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a simple new method for producing large quantities of the promising nanomaterial graphene.

22 Jun 2010