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Graphene unlocks new potential for ‘smart textiles’

“The quest to create affordable, durable and mass-produced ‘smart textiles’ has been given fresh impetus through the use of the wonder material Graphene. An international team of scientists, led by Professor Monica Craciun from the University of Exeter Engineering department …

Scientists from CEITEC BUT introduced a way to control graphene properties

“In their recent publication the researchers from the group Molecular Nanostructures at Surfaces introduced a way to remotely control the properties of graphene by a low energy electron beam. The researchers of a recently established group at CEITEC BUT studied …

A bionic mushroom that generates electricity

“In the quest to replace fossil fuels, scientists are always on the lookout for alternative, environmentally friendly sources of energy. But who could have imagined a bionic mushroom that produces electricity? It sounds like something straight out of Alice in …

A starch and graphene hydrogel geared towards electrodes for brain implants is developed

“Hydrogels with electrical and antibacterial properties suitable for neural interfaces have been created in a piece of work at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country The Materials + Technology research group at the UPV/EHU’s Faculty of Engineering …

NIST Simulations Suggest Graphene Can Stretch to Be a Tunable Ion Filter

“Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have conducted simulations suggesting that graphene, in addition to its many other useful features, can be modified with special pores to act as a tunable filter or strainer for ions …

Racing electrons under control

“Physicists at FAU precisely control electrons on a time scale of under one femtosecond Being able to control electronic systems using light waves instead of voltage signals is the dream of physicists all over the world. The advantage is that …

Graphene boosts GHz signals into terahertz territory

“According to scientists, graphene can generate clock speeds that transcend today’s GHz limitations. Here’s how. Graphene – a one-atom-thick layer of hexagonally arranged carbon atoms – is the thinnest and strongest material known to man and an excellent conductor of …

Researchers create new ‘smart’ material with potential biomedical, environmental uses

“By combining seaweed-derived alginate with the nanomaterial graphene oxide, Brown University researchers have developed a new material that’s durable and can respond dynamically to its environment. PROVIDENCE, R.I.[Brown University] — Brown University researchers have shown a way to …

A New Spin on Hybrid Graphene Electronics

“A hybrid electronic device consisting of graphene and topological insulators have been demonstrated by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. The findings in the hybrid devices reveal a unique electronic spin functionality which is not present in the …

Detecting Light in a Different Dimension

“Electrically conductive polymer nanostructures that are many times longer than they are wide make graphene—atom-thin sheets of carbon—a better light detector Scientists from the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)—a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of …