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Physicists Who Discovered World's Thinnest Material have Scooped Major Award for Their Work

Professor Andre Geim FRS and Dr Kostya Noveselov of the Centre of Mesoscience and Nanotechnology have been awarded the prestigious Europhysics Prize for discovering graphene - and also their subsequent work to reveal its...

1 Sep 2008

AMO of Germany Now Offering Graphene Crystallites for Research

AMO GmbH, well known manufacturer and service provider in the area of silicon nanotechnology now offers large graphene crystallites for research. Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, has moved into the focus of inte...

27 Aug 2008

Researcher Named as One of the World's Top Young Innovators for His Work on Graphene

Dr Kostya Novoselov of The University of Manchester has been named as one of the world's top young innovators for his work on the world's thinnest material.

21 Aug 2008

New Nanomaterial Making Plastic Stiffer, Lighter and Stronger

A Michigan State University researcher and his students have developed a nanomaterial that makes plastic stiffer, lighter and stronger and could result in more fuel-efficient airplanes and cars as well as more durable medical and sports equipment.

1 Aug 2008

Graphene-Derived Nanomaterials Show Promise as Next Generation Atomically Thin Transistors

Physicists at the University of Pennsylvania have characterized an aspect of graphene film behavior by measuring the way it conducts electricity on a substrate. This milestone advances the potential application of graphe...

31 Jul 2008

Graphene Nanoribbons Hold Enormous Promise as Nanoscale Devices

Due to its remarkable electronic properties, few layer graphene, or FLG, has emerged as a promising new material for use in post-silicon devices that incorporate the quantum effects that emerge at the nanoscale. Now, phy...

31 Jul 2008

Nanotechnology Having Profound Impact on New Microscopy and Imaging Instrumentations

Nanotechnology is having a profound impact on new instrumentation for microscopy and imaging, driving next-generation technologies toward smaller footprints, sleeker profiles, more economical systems, and invigorating mi...

30 Jul 2008

Graphene is the Strongest Material Ever Measured

Research scientists at Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science have achieved a breakthrough by proving that the carbon material graphene is the strongest material ever measured.

23 Jul 2008

First STM Spectroscopy of Graphene Flakes Yields New Surprises

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California at Berkeley have performed the first scanning tunneling spectroscopy of graphene flakes equipped with a "gate" electrode.

22 Jul 2008

IBM and ETH Zurich Announces Partnership in Nanotechnology

IBM and ETH Zurich, a premiere European science and engineering university, today announced the formation of a partnership in the field of nanotechnology. As part of this collaboration, a new nanotechnology laborator...

25 Jun 2008