Focus Graphite, the Canada-based advanced exploration and mining company, recently announced a first closing of a non-brokered private placement at which it has gathered proceeds of $75,000.
Saint Jean Carbon, a carbon science company engaged in the design and development of carbon materials and their applications, has announced its intention to complete a non-brokered private placement financing of up to $500,000. The Company intends to use the proceeds of the Offering for general corporate and administrative purposes.
The world of graphene is a fast evolving place but just what is all this activity about? Looking at patents filed is one way, and the most recent analysis of worldwide patents found that there were 25,855 individual patent publications that involve graphene. But this is not the full story, read on to find out more…
Graphene, not glass, is the key to better optics, reports Lydia Hales. A lens just a billionth of a metre thick could transform phone cameras. Researchers at Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia, have created ultra-thin lenses that cap an optical fibre, and can produce images with the quality and sharpness of much larger glass lenses.
Nanotech Engineering announced that MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) has verified the technology of its new Nanopanel, a solar panel that is declared as 92% efficient (as opposed to around 20% for traditional large panels).