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Piezoelectric Graphene Brings Engineering Control to Nanoscale

Two materials engineers, Evan Reed and Mitchell Ong from the Stanford School of Engineering, have described a novel method of engineering piezoelectrics into graphene in the ACS Nano journal.

19 Mar 2012

Graphene-Based Ultracapacitors Help Develop High-Power Flexible Electronics

A research team from the University of California- Los Angeles (UCLA) has developed novel graphene-based electrodes with higher conductivity and surface area utilizing a typical LightScribe DVD optical drive.

17 Mar 2012

Stanford University Develops Finely Tunable Designer Electrons

Scientists from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in US and Stanford University have developed a system of "designer electrons". These are amazing variants of normal electrons having tunable properties from which novel devices and materials can be produced.

16 Mar 2012

Researchers Find Way to Develop Faster Graphene-Based Devices

A research team comprising Kirill Bolotin, A.K.M. Newaz, Sokrates Pantelides, Bin Wang and Yevgeniy Puzyev from the Vanderbilt University has confirmed that charged impurities present in graphene are the source of interference, and slow down the electron flow through the nanomaterial-based devices.

15 Mar 2012

mPhase Explores Advanced Materials for Printing Smart NanoBattery

mPhase Technologies has announced that it is investigating the use of graphene and other advanced materials for printing its Smart NanoBattery.

From MyPebble 8 Mar 2012

Researchers Develop Optical Modulators Using Graphene

A research team from the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) has found that graphene provides a superior active media for optical modulators.

3 Mar 2012

Oxford Instruments to Supply Chracterisation Tools ICN for Graphene Research

Oxford Instruments is delighted to have been selected by the Quantum Nanoelectronics Group from the Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN), in Barcelona, to supply tools to be used for Graphene research.

From Oxford Instruments Nanoscience 28 Feb 2012

Researchers Describe Impact of Nanochannels on Water Diffusion

The universities of Granada and Barcelona researchers have explained the theory behind the molecular liquid water diffusion through nanochannels for the first time. These nanochannels are very small channels with 1-100 nm of thickness which have been used to analyze the molecule behaviour.

28 Feb 2012

Twisted Graphene Nanoribbons Yield Carbon Nanotubes

Scientists from Harvard University, US and the NanoScience Center from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland have identified a new method for producing nanomaterials. The research has been funded by the Academy of Finland.

28 Feb 2012

Study Reveals Graphene Efficiently Protects Metal Surfaces Against Corrosion

A research study by Dhiraj Prasai and his colleagues has corroborated that graphene coating is the thinnest known coating in the world for preventing corrosion.

24 Feb 2012