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Researchers Identify Way to Use Graphene as an Electrode for Solar Cells

A promising approach for making solar cells that are inexpensive, lightweight and flexible is to use organic (that is, carbon-containing) compounds instead of expensive, highly purified silicon.

7 Jan 2011

Vorbeck Materials to Use Additional Capital for Sale of Graphene-Based Conductive Inks

Vorbeck Materials Corp. announced today that it has secured an additional $2.785 million in a fully subscribed series 2b financing, which was completed December 30, 2010.

From Vorbeck Materials 7 Jan 2011

Researchers Reveal Graphene’s Electrical and Mechanical Properties

Cornell University researchers have unveiled striking, atomic-resolution details of what graphene "quilts" look like at the boundaries between patches, and have uncovered key insights into graphene's electr...

6 Jan 2011

Nanoelectronics Can Help Computer Users to Process Information More Efficiently

According to research reported in the special issue update of Proceedings of the IEEE on Nanoelectronics applications, computer users will be elated to learn that efficient new systems to process information and sustain memory function are on the horizon.

4 Jan 2011

World's First Commercial Graphene Application

Angstron Materials Inc., announced today the world’s first commercial graphene application. The ongoing development of touch screens for consumer electronics is driving a growing need for sense data. Angstron&rsquo...

From Global Graphene Group 3 Jan 2011

Angstron Materials Invents Graphene-Based Supercapacitor with Ultra High Energy Density

Angstron Materials Inc., has invented a graphene-based supercapacitor with ultra high energy density, a feature that permits storage of a significant amount of energy. As a rechargeable energy storage device, supercapaci...

From Global Graphene Group 22 Dec 2010

Brown Scientists Find Sound Waves Can Cut Single Walled Nanotubes

A pipefitter knows how to make an exact cut on a metal rod. But it's far harder to imagine getting a precise cut on a carbon nanotube, with a diameter 1/50,000th the thickness of a human hair.

20 Dec 2010

Rice Researchers Find Ways to Control Chiral Structure in Nanotubes

New research at Rice University could ultimately show scientists the way to make batches of nanotubes of a single type. A paper in the online journal Physical Review Letters unveils an elegant formula by Rice Universi...

7 Dec 2010

Maryland University Wins $5.1 Million Federal Cash to Move Projects into Market

Several of the most promising technological research projects at University System of Maryland-related labs are getting a strategic infusion of federal cash to help them through the most difficult phase of development, and move them toward the commercial market.

3 Dec 2010

Georgia Tech Physicist Wins Materials Research Society Medal for Developing Epi-Graphene

The Materials Research Society awarded Walter A. de Heer, professor of physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the MRS Medal at its annual fall meeting in Boston today.

From Georgia Institute of Technology 3 Dec 2010