Entries by John Are Beukes

Graphene Nanochem : Stronger than steel

A Chinese scientist aims to unlock the secrets of 2-D material For more than a decade, Chinese physicist Zhang Yuanbo has been hunting for two-dimensional materials in our three-dimensional world. Zhang, 39, is one of the early scientists who tried to extract and analyze graphene, a carbon allotrope in the form of an atomic scale. […]

Designing next-generation neural interfaces with graphene

In a previous Nanowerk Spotlight (“Nanotechnology for neural interfaces“) we looked at the use of nanotechnologies in the field of brain-machine interfaces, their comprehensive design principle is to augment or restore one or more of the three interrelated biological complications that arise from neural impairment: sensory malfunction, loss of motor control, or disease-elicited intellectual changes.

Graphene forged into three-dimensional shapes

Researchers from Finland and Taiwan have discovered how graphene, a single-atom-thin layer of carbon, can be forged into three-dimensional objects by using laser light. A striking illustration was provided when the researchers fabricated a pyramid with a height of 60 nm, which is about 200 times larger than the thickness of a graphene sheet. The […]

Haydale announces first commercial sales to Everpower intended for the Chinese market

Haydale has announced the first commercial sales of its products to Everpower Sheng Tie (Xiamen) Graphene Technology (“Everpower”). The sales are for a range of Haydale’s Silicon Carbide Fibres and 3D PLA masterbatch mixed with Haydale’s functionalized Graphene Nano Platelets (“Additive Manufacturing PLA” or “AM PLA”) for immediate delivery.

New Application of Old Material: Chinese Traditional Ink for Photothermal Therapy of Metastatic Lymph Nodes

Finding a simple and effective strategy to eliminate tumor metastatic lymph nodes is highly desired in clinical tumor treatment. Herein, we reported a Chinese traditional ink (Hu-ink)-based treatment for photothermal therapy (PTT) of tumor metastatic lymph nodes. By simple dilution, stable Chinese traditional ink dispersion was obtained, which presents excellent photothermal effect because of its […]