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Physicists Patent Detonation Technique to Mass-Produce Graphene

A research team from Kansas State University have discovered a new technique for mass-producing graphene, but without the use of catalysts, chemicals, and expensive machinery. The new technique involved the use of oxygen, hydrocarbon gas, and a spark plug.

27 Jan 2017

Graphene Composite Watch Launched in Geneva, Switzerland

An ultralight high-performance mechanical watch made with graphene was recently launched in Geneva at the Salon International De La Haute Horlogerie.

17 Jan 2017

MIT Researchers Develop Porous, 3D Forms of Graphene

MIT researchers have developed one of the strongest lightweight materials known to man. They created the new material by compressing and fusing flakes of graphene, a 2D form of carbon.

9 Jan 2017

Rice Researchers Tweak Graphene to Develop Phonon-Friendly Cones

Rice University researchers claim that just a few nanoscale tweaks could enable graphene-nanotube junctions do extremely well at transferring heat.

5 Jan 2017

Researchers Demonstrate Production of Functional OLED Electrodes from Graphene

The possibility of producing functional OLED electrodes from graphene has been proven for the very first time.

4 Jan 2017

Unique Properties of Graphene Could Revolutionize Photonic and Opto-Electronic Devices

The importance of graphene can hardly be overstated. Graphene is the thinnest material comprised of atoms. It is only one atomic layer thick and hence an almost ideal representation of a two-dimensional material in our three-dimensional world.

29 Dec 2016

Large Currents can be Transported at Nanoscale Using Graphene

Graphene has established itself as a wonder material once again. An international research team headed by Professor Fritz Aumayr from the Institute of Applied Physics at TU Wien has demonstrated that the electrons in graphene are very mobile and react very rapidly.

22 Dec 2016

Interfacing System Can Help Differentiate Single Cancerous Cell from Normal Cell Using Graphene

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have shown that they can distinguish a single hyperactive cancerous cell from a normal cell by interfacing brain cells onto graphene. This could lead to the development of a simple, noninvasive tool for early diagnosis of cancer.

20 Dec 2016

Research on Graphene Opens up Miniaturization of Biological and Chemical Sensors

A team of researchers at The University of Manchester and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have demonstrated a technique to chemically alter small regions of graphene with high precision, resulting in extreme miniaturization of biological and chemical sensors.

8 Dec 2016

Award-Winning Graphene Battery Could Revolutionize Electric Vehicles

A student engineer from the University of Sussex has won a national car industry award for designing a new battery that could revolutionise electric vehicles.

5 Dec 2016