New graphene-based flame retardant fabric unveiled in China
The China-based Shanghai Kyorene New Material Technology recently unveiled a graphene-based flame-retardant fabric during the Textile & Yarn Expo in…
First graphene ISO standard published to boost commercialisation
The world’s first ISO (International Organisation for Standardization) graphene standard has been published. The standard will provide consistency across the…
Swansea University team wins Award for graphene-based ovarian cancer diagnostic test
An international research team at Swansea University in the UK recently received an international award for developing a graphene biosensor-based…
How graphene can transform brain-computer interfaces
ICN2 group leader ICREA Prof. Jose Antonio Garrido and fellow Graphene Flagship programme coordinator, Prof. Kostas Kostarelos of the University…
Warming Up to Graphene Papers for Personal Thermal Management
Personal thermal management (PTM) devices provide the potential to adjust body temperature to a thermally safe and comfortable state. Essential…
CKCOM launched a crowdfunding campaign for graphene-enhanced wireless earbuds
China-based manufacturer CKCOM has launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for Alien Earbuds, offering an affordable but high quality alternative to…
Nacre-like graphene composite is stronger and tougher
Nacre, also known as “nature’s armour”, is made up of a brick-and-mortar architecture in which hard bricks of aragonite are…
From concept to completion is more complicated than it seems
Rocco Gaudenzi talks about the challenges involved in taking a complex project from concept to completion.
Large thermoelectric figure of merit in graphene layered devices at low temperature
Nanostructured materials have emerged as an alternative to enhance the figure of merit (ZT) of thermoelectric (TE) devices. Graphene exhibits…
Drastically Enhancing Moduli of Graphene-Coated Carbon Nanotube Aerogels
Lightweight open-cell foams that are simultaneously superelastic, possess exceptionally high Young’s moduli (Y), exhibit ultrahigh efficiency, and resist fatigue as…