Considered to be a material that is approximately 200 times stronger than steel while also remaining one of the lightest materials on earth, graphene is a two-dimensional hexagonal allotrope of carbon, capable of a wide variety of useful, yet unusual properties.
By Benedette Cuffari
22 Aug 2017
Black phosphorus (BP) is an emerging two-dimensional material that has gained an increasing amount of interest for various applications, especially within the electronics sector.
By Benedette Cuffari
22 Aug 2017
Graphene is widely idolized for its many properties and potential applications, and rightly so. One lesser known application is in microextraction methods.
By Liam Critchley
22 Aug 2017
Researchers at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in collaboration with Facultad de Químíca Universidad Complutense recently developed stable hybrids of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and nanographene (NG) with a dye, heptamethine cyanine.
By Benedette Cuffari
21 Aug 2017
Researchers at the Northwestern University’s Department of Chemistry in collaboration with National University of Singapore’s Department of Economics and University of São Paulo recently published a paper in nature communications about the influence of gasoline and ethanol use in the amount of ultrafine particle levels in São Paulo’s atmosphere.
By Benedette Cuffari
21 Aug 2017
Artificial micro and nanomotors have been a trending research topic within the biomedical industry as a means of transporting therapeutic materials to target organs in a rapid and efficient manner.
By Benedette Cuffari
21 Aug 2017
A group of Researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana’s Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering have recently published their study in the Journal of Materials Chemistry which describes a new and sustainable approach to transfer graphene and recycle the copper substrate used in the production of graphene.
By Benedette Cuffari
21 Aug 2017
The use of reverse osmosis desalination technology has gathered more and more usage and interest over the last few years. It is responsible for producing a large amount of fresh water for the growing populations around the world.
By Liam Critchley
15 Aug 2017
Secondary ion mass spectrometry, otherwise known as SIMS, is a well-established analytical technique for determining the elemental composition of a sample through ion bombardment and sputtering approaches.
By Liam Critchley
15 Aug 2017
Biofilms consists of a collective group of microorganisms that attach to each other or to a surface such as bacteria and the extracellular matrix secreted by the organisms.
By Benedette Cuffari
11 Aug 2017