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Graphene Forged into Three-Dimensional Objects with Laser Light

Researchers from Finland and Taiwan have made a discovery on how graphene, a single-atom-thin layer of carbon, can be forged into three-dimensional objects with the help of laser light.

27 Sep 2017

FAU Physicists Use Single Laser Pulse to Control Electronic Current in Graphene

It is essential to control electronic current in modern electronics because streams of electrons that transfer signals and data are controlled at high speed. With advances in technology, the need for transmission speeds is also growing.

26 Sep 2017

Scientists Visualize Long Chain of Moving Molecules in Graphene Pockets

Our world is made up of moving, vibrating and leaping molecules. However, it is not an easy task to capture their movement. IBS scientists at the Center for Soft and Living Matter, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), were able to observe the movement of molecules stored within a graphene pocket without having to stain them.

21 Sep 2017

Substituting Graphene and Other Carbon Nanomaterials for Scarce Metals

It is possible to find scarce metals in a variety of everyday objects. These materials are difficult to extract and recycle and are extremely rare such that several of them have become "conflict minerals" capable of promoting oppression and conflicts.

20 Sep 2017

Graphene-Enveloped Nanocrystals for Storing Hydrogen in Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles

Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have synthesized a powdery mixture of metal nanocrystals enveloped in single-layer carbon atom sheets.

15 Sep 2017

Graphene-Based Materials Boost the Properties of Silk Made by Spiders

Researchers from the Graphene Flagship have established the fact that graphene-based materials are capable of enhancing the properties of spider's silk.

15 Sep 2017

Graphene-Based Saturable Absorbers Enable Ultrafast Lasers in the Terahertz Range

CNR-Istituto Nanoscienze, Italy and the University of Cambridge, UK have carried out Graphene Flagship researches to create a terahertz saturable absorber using graphene generated by liquid phase exfoliation and deposited by ink jet printing and transfer coating.

13 Sep 2017

The Building of a New Nanosensor

Edward Honein from the American University of Beirut has joined EPFL’s Laboratory of Nanobiotechnology to do his summer project under the supervision of Professor Ardemis Boghossian. Honein aims to develop a nanotube-based biosensor.

6 Sep 2017

Porous Graphene-Based Membrane Holds Promise for Desalination of Water

An international collaboration of researchers, including scientists from Shinshu University (Japan) and the director of Penn State’s ATOMIC Center, has created a graphene-based coating for desalination membranes that is more strong and scalable than present nanofiltration membrane technologies.

1 Sep 2017

Physics Professor Reviews the Properties of Strained Graphene and Other 2-D Materials

Associate Professor of Physics, Salvador Barazza-Lopez, from the University of Arkansas, is part of a team that published a review article based on the properties of strained graphene and various other strained two-dimensional atomic materials in the esteemed Reports of Progress in Physics, a review-style journal published by the Institute of Physics in the United Kingdom that has a huge impact factor of 14.3.

31 Aug 2017