Entries by John Are Beukes

Physics Professor Reviews the Properties of Strained Graphene and Other 2-D Materials

Associate Professor of Physics, Salvador Barazza-Lopez, from the University of Arkansas, is part of a team that published a review article based on the properties of strained graphene and various other strained two-dimensional atomic materials in the esteemed Reports of Progress in Physics, a review-style journal published by the Institute of Physics in the United […]

Electro-Optical Graphene-Based Liquid Crystal Device

Transparent electronic and electro-optical (EO) devices have become an area of increasing interest in modern day technology research. Graphene’s excellent optical and electronic properties have made it an ideal material for research in such technologies and has become a material of considerable and continuous interest for transparent conductive electrodes in liquid crystal electro-optical devices.

Computing Graphene-Fullerene Junctions in Thermoelectric Devices

Recent advances in single-molecule thermoelectricity has isolated and identified different families of high-performance molecules. However, to realize the commercial potential of these molecules and convert them into real-world thin-film energy-harvesting devices, fundamental issues surrounding parallel-aligned junctions within these devices need to be addressed.

The fastest light-driven current source

Controlling electronic current is essential to modern electronics, as data and signals are transferred by streams of electrons which are controlled at high speed. Demands on transmission speeds are also increasing as technology develops. Scientists from the Chair of Laser Physics and the Chair of Applied Physics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have succeeded in switching […]

GRAPHENE WATER FILTER COMMERCIALISATION SPEEDS UP IN UK

UK company G2O Water Technologies has signed an agreement with an unnamed consumer products company to test and evaluate its graphene-based water treatment filtration technology. G2O’s technology works by creating low-cost printed graphene filters or by applying a graphene coating to existing membranes used in water filtration processes. This allows more water to pass through […]