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Researchers Formulate Efficient, Cost-Effective Technique to Hydrogenate Graphene Using Visible Light

An efficient, environmentally-friendly, and economical technique for hydrogenation of graphene using visible light has been developed by a team of researchers at Uppsala University and AstraZeneca Gothenburg, Sweden. The research findings have been published in Nature Communications.

7 Oct 2016

Behavior of Electrons in Graphene Similar to Light but Much Better

Negative refraction for electrons traveling across a boundary between two regions in a conducting material has been discovered by a team of researchers.

6 Oct 2016

Graphene Could Enter the Body on Top of a Stable Lipid Monolayer

Researchers have, for the first time, succeeded in placing a graphene layer on top of a firm fatty lipid monolayer. Graphene, surrounded by a protective shell of lipids, could enter the body and work as a versatile sensor. The findings, recently published in Nanoscale, are the initial steps towards such a shell.

29 Sep 2016

Researchers Develop Method to Avoid Graphene Layers Overheating

In the future miniature sensors and drug dispensers could be implanted within the body to monitor and maintain the health of humans. These devices will be made from graphene, one of the world’s lightest and strongest materials.

26 Sep 2016

NanoXplore to Use Graphene-Enhanced Engineering Plastics to Support Commercialization of Electric Motor Systems

Group NanoXplore Inc., a Montreal-based company specialising in the production and application of graphene and its derivative materials, is very pleased to announce that Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) will partner with the company to support the commercialisation of lighter, more reliable and higher-efficiency components for electric motor systems using graphene-enhanced engineering plastics in place of metals.

21 Sep 2016

Graphene Nanoribbons May Help Heal Damaged Spinal Cords

James Tour, a chemist at Rice University, stated that a treatment procedure to heal damaged spinal cords by combining graphene nanoribbons produced with a process invented at Rice and a common polymer is expected to gain importance.

20 Sep 2016

Nickel, Graphene Serve as Promising New Material for Flexible Electronics Devices

In a new computational study published in The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, University of Arkansas engineering researchers found that nanocomposites composed of layers of nickel and graphene — a promising new material for flexible electronics devices — can be tuned for optimal fracture strength by manipulating the structural arrangement of the graphene sheets.

20 Sep 2016

Reduced Graphene Oxide, Graphene Oxide and Graphene Integrated onto Silicon Substrates

A method that helps to integrate reduced graphene oxide (rGO), graphene oxide (GO) and graphene onto silicon substrates at room temperature using nanosecond pulsed laser annealing has been developed by materials researchers at North Carolina State University.

14 Sep 2016

Spontaneous Mechanical Buckling Observed in Freestanding Graphene

A team of physicists, led by researchers at the University of Arkansas, have monitored spontaneous mechanical buckling in freestanding graphene with scanning tunneling microscopy, demonstrating it's potential as a new electronic power source.

14 Sep 2016

Vorbeck, Reliance Join Hands to Develop Graphene-Enhanced Synthetic Elastomer Products

Reliance Industries Ltd, one of Asia’s top petrochemical production companies, and Vorbeck Materials Corp., a leading producer of graphene and graphene-based products, announced today that they have signed a joint development agreement to develop graphene-enhanced synthetic elastomer products.

14 Sep 2016