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Iron-Nitrogen Complexes in Graphene Could Substitute Platinum-Based Catalysts

Teams at HZB and TU Darmstadt have produced a cost-effective catalyst material for fuel cells using a new preparation process which they analysed in detail. It consists of iron-nitrogen complexes embedded in tiny islands of graphene only a few nanometres in diameter. It is only the FeN4 centres that provide the excellent catalytic efficiency – approaching that of platinum. The results are interesting for solar fuels research as well and have been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

28 Jan 2016

Graphene Pavilion Debuts at the 2016 GSMA Mobile World Congress

The 2016 GSMA Mobile World Congress, with the theme 'Mobile is Everything', will bring in over 95,000 participants from the mobile phone and related industry sectors.

28 Jan 2016

Crumpled Graphene Balls as Lubricant Additive to Enhance Performance of Oil

Researchers from Northwestern University have discovered that crumpled graphene balls possess the ability to be a lubricant additive. Improperly lubricated automobile engine is detrimental to the environment and hard on the pocket.

28 Jan 2016

Rice University Develops Graphene Composites to Simplify Ice Removal

Researchers from Rice University have developed a thin coating of graphene nanoribbons in epoxy that has been effective in melting ice on the blades of helicopters.

28 Jan 2016

University of Granada Launches New Facility to Develop Graphene-based Systems and Electronic Nanodevices

With an investment of more than 500 000 euros, the new facilities will allow the manufacture of all kinds and forms of graphene as well as the development of electronic nanodevices for IoT (Internet of Things) applications, biosensors, and 'wereable' devices attached to the clothes

22 Jan 2016

UCLA Researchers Develop Efficient Method to Make Nanoelectronic and Nanobioelectronic Devices

Gardeners often use sheets of plastic with strategically placed holes to allow their plants to grow but keep weeds from taking root.

20 Jan 2016

Rice Researchers Explore How Graphene Oxide “Paper” Would Handle Shear Strain

The same slip-and-stick mechanism that leads to earthquakes is at work on the molecular level in nanoscale materials, where it determines the shear plasticity of the materials, according to scientists at Rice University and the State University of Campinas, Brazil.

20 Jan 2016

Study Reveals Graphene’s Ability to Control Terahertz Laser Frequency

Researchers, headed by Sir Kostya Novoselov and Dr Subhasish Chakraborty from the University of Manchester, have discovered graphene’s ability to control terahertz laser frequency. This capability could open up new possibilities for terahertz lasers.

19 Jan 2016

New Graphene Discovery Could Help Save Millions of Lives

Investigations of graphene properties for their use as enterosorbents have been performed in S.M. Kirov Military Medicine Academy in Russia. The research has been carried out under the leadership of Kirsan - Petrik Laboratory of the Future transcorporation.

19 Jan 2016

New Method for Fast and Precise DNA Sequencing is Simulated

An innovative method for fast and precise gene sequencing has been proposed by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

18 Jan 2016