Entries by John Are Beukes

Buckyball Marries Graphene

Scientists combined buckyballs, which resemble tiny soccer balls made from 60 carbon atoms, with graphene, a single layer of carbon, on an underlying surface. Positive and negative charges can transfer between the balls and graphene depending on the nature of the surface as well as the structural order and local orientation of the carbon ball. […]

Korean team develops a graphene-based optical modulator that mimics the human brain

The Korean state-run Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced the development of a graphene-based optical modulator device capable of performing arithmetic and remembering it at the same time. According to ETRI, the device works much like a human brain. The institute said its researchers have artificially recreated neural synapses in the device. It added […]

Graphene inks enable low-cost printed cell-sensors

Fraunhofer scientists have developed biosensors with graphene electrodes, produced cheaply and simply by roll-to-roll printing. A system prototype for mass production has already been established. This may change the current situation in which cell-based biosensors can be quite expensive to make, which often prevents them from being used. Cost factors for sensors that perform measurements […]

Discarded lithium ion batteries transformed into rGO-based supercapacitors

Scientists from CSIR–Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) and CSIR–Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI) in India have collected discarded lithium-ion batteries and created reduced graphene oxide from them. The material reportedly showed high specific capacity at low current, making it an ideal material for next generation high-performance supercapacitors.