Graphene has offered scientists and engineers new possibilities for optical, electronic, and mechanical materials. There are widespread graphene research activities happening across the globe since it was discovered in 2004. Now, researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found a way to grow and transfer graphene with very few defects.
By Stuart Milne
9 Sep 2014
Since its discovery in 2004, graphene has been widely exploited and termed as a wonder material. It is a flat monolayer of carbon atoms compactly packed into a two-dimensional (2D) honeycomb network.
Physicists around the world are currently very interested in studying and investigating the physical properties of carbon nanotubes, such as their astounding strength and both their thermal and electrical conductivity.
By Alexander Chilton
4 Aug 2014
Over the last several years scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have been studying how to make nanomotors move around when suspended in a liquid. In 2012 a team of scientists from Penn State first observed that metal nanorods would rotate in response to ultrasound, but the reason why has baffled scientists since its discovery. The research conduct by the NIST could now offer new insight and applications inside the human body.
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have developed a new way of using graphene ribbons to fine tune the wonder material causing it to act like a semiconductor.
By Stuart Milne
17 Jul 2014
Serious injuries have always been an inherent risk of contact sports. Increased pressure from governing bodies, fans and ultimately the players, has forced teams to make player health a priority.
By Stuart Milne
9 Jul 2014
In recent years there has been an increasing interest in developing applications involving nanotechnology. Nanotechnology involves techniques that employ measurements and materials at the submicron level.
Scientists at Oxford University and Warwick University have created a "nano-train" - a nanoscale transport network controlled by DNA.
By Will Soutter
11 Nov 2013
3D printing is an additive manufacturing technology where parts are "grown" layer by layer in a controlled chamber when successive layers of a melted material - typically plastic - are laid down again and again until a three dimensional part is created.
By Kris Walker
8 Nov 2013
Nanoscale coatings of the 2D material hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) have been shown to prevent materials from oxidizing under high temperature conditions, in a news study from Rice University.
By Will Soutter
9 Oct 2013