How Will Graphene Change the Textile Industry?
A new breakthrough in the use of graphene may lead the textile industry to start producing electronic clothing. Recently, scientists at…
Tape-based electronic plant sensors show promise
With new tape-based sensors attached to the plants, Iowa State University plant scientist Patrick Schnable was able to measure how…
Nanotechnology in construction and demolition: what we know, what we don’t
Nanotechnology is an exciting, innovative area promising great benefits to many areas of life, industry and commerce, including construction and…
Graphene foam can act as efficient solar thermal capture and conversion device
Researchers have demonstrated that a simple sheet of standalone graphene foam can act as efficient solar thermal capture and conversion…
First flashes of light observed from individual graphene nanoribbons
For the first time, researchers have experimentally observed light emission from individual graphene nanoribbons. They demonstrated that 7-atom-wide nanoribbons emit…
Graphene Oxide Dielectric Permittivity at GHz and Its Applications for Wireless Humidity Sensing
In this work, the relative dielectric permittivity of graphene oxide (GO), both its real and imaginary parts, have been measured under…