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Researchers Create Tough Versions of Laser-Induced Graphene Composites

Laser-induced graphene, or LIG in short, is a flaky foam of carbon that measures only one atom thick. It possesses a number of interesting characteristics on its own, but as part of a composite, it is also capable of gaining new powers.

13 Feb 2019

New Composite Nanomaterial Holds Promise in Instrumentation Engineering, Aviation, and Aerospace

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University scientist, Dmitriy Serebrennikov took out a patent on his invention in physics Composite Invar materials of a new type on January 2019. Materials, which contain both Invar and functional properties, are extremely in demand in instrumentation engineering, aviation, radio-electronic equipment, and aerospace sector.

12 Feb 2019

Researchers Synthesize First Metal-Organic Framework Around Light-Powered Aluminum Nanocatalysts

Two years ago, when Hossein Robatjazi, a Rice University chemist and engineer, intended to combine a molecular sieve known as metal-organic framework (MOF) with a plasmonic aluminum nanoparticle, he never thought the outcome would be the same process used by nature to petrify wood.

11 Feb 2019

Researchers Manage to Produce Devices with Stable Germanene

Germanene is a 2D material that is obtained from germanium and is associated with graphene. Since it is unstable outside the vacuum chambers where it is developed, no real measurements of its electronic properties have been performed.

8 Feb 2019

Progress in Self-Assembling Nanomaterials

Collaboration between material scientists, biologists and chemists could advance the development of self-assembling nanomaterials, called nanoarchitectonics, argues a review in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.

8 Feb 2019

Scientists Design Micromotors to Deliver Oral Vaccines in Mouse Model

Although vaccines save numerous lives, nobody likes to receive a shot. Therefore, researchers are attempting to create oral vaccines for infectious diseases.

7 Feb 2019

Graphene and Related Materials Safety: Human Health and the Environment

As the drive to commercialise graphene continues, it is important that all safety aspects are thoroughly researched and understood. The Graphene Flagship project has a dedicated Work Package studying the impact of graphene and related materials on our health, as well as their environmental impact.

From The Graphene Council 7 Feb 2019

Creating a Roadmap for 2-D Materials

The rapid growth of research on 2-D materials – materials such as graphene and others that are a single or few atoms thick – is fueled by the hope of developing better performing sensors for health and environment, more economical solar energy, and higher performing and more energy efficient electronics than is possible with current silicon electronics.

From The Graphene Council 7 Feb 2019

Nanotech Energy, the UCLA Energy Incubator and Holder of First Patent for Graphene Announces Profound Achievement in Production of High Quality Graphene Based Materials

Nanotech Energy, a leading supplier of graphene, graphene oxide and graphene super batteries, announced today that it has cleared a monumental hurdle in the production of high-quality graphene-based materials.

From The Graphene Council 7 Feb 2019

Properties of ‘Wonder Material’ Graphene Change in Humid Conditions

The ‘wonder material’, which is made from carbon and was discovered in 2004, is hailed for many of its extraordinary characteristics including being stronger than steel, more conductive than copper, light, flexible and transparent.

From The Graphene Council 7 Feb 2019