Graphene – the not-so wonder material?
Graphene was meant to transform everything from the car tyre to the condom. There has never been so much hype…
How dopants induce plasmon decay in graphene
For centuries, metals were employed in optical applications only as mirrors and gratings. New vistas opened up in the late…
Development accelerates in the graphene technologies
Back in 2004, two Russian scientists at the UK’s University of Manchester managed to produce the world’s first two-dimensional material…
Physicists build muscle for shape-changing, cell-sized robots
An electricity-conducting, environment-sensing, shape-changing machine the size of a human cell? Is that even possible? Cornell University physicists Paul McEuen and…
Fisker Emotion features state of the art graphene solid-state batteries
The Fisker Emotion electric car will make its public debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next week…
New low-cost graphene-based sensors for plants to enable new opportunities
Iowa State University researchers have created a new, low-cost, easily produced, graphene-based sensors-on-tape that can be attached to plants to…