Mini Nuclear Reactors Earn Golden Fleece Award For Government Waste
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More details about Duke's graphene-based artificial muscle research
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Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Videos News archive Other resources Contact us More details about Duke's graphene-based artificial muscle research Tweet Graphene applications Medicine Technical Research Back in January we reported about Duke University's study into crumpling and unfolding of large area graphene This enables all sorts of applications , including artificial muscles . AzoNano posted an interesting interview with Duke's Assistant Professor Xuanhe . Zhao Xuanhe says that crumbled graphene electrodes have a number of advantages such as lightweight , high transparency , and superhydrophobicity . The team still needs to achieve a systematic understanding of the crumpling andLincolnshire Adopts New Target To Reduce Carbon Emissions By 22% By 2018
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New Understanding for Oxygen Fuel Cells and Zirconia
Updated: 2013-02-28 07:01:13K. L. Ngai, from the University of Pisa in Italy, and colleagues from the Complutense University in Madrid, Spain, devised a model of the oxygen-ion dynamics that contribute to the conductivity of Yttria Stabilized Zirconia (YSZ). This is significant because of the movement of oxygen within a fuel cell and for devices we are already [...]Vorbeck and PNNL sign a commercial license agreement to bring graphene-based Li-Ion batteries to the market
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Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Videos News archive Other resources Contact us Vorbeck and PNNL sign a commercial license agreement to bring graphene-based Li-Ion batteries to the market Tweet Batteries Graphene applications Technical Research Vorbeck Materials Vorbeck Materials and Batelle who operates the DoE's PNNL laboratory signed a commercial license agreement that will Vorbeck to commercialize lithium batteries incorporating Vor-x graphene technology . Those new batteries will charge faster than current Li-Ion batteries . The research effort of PNNL and Vorbeck may also lead to more stable batteries that have a higher energy density and a longer . life PNNL , together withNew Audi A3 e-tron Plug-In Hybrid With 201 HP To Debut At Geneva Motor Show
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Self-Driving Nissan Leaf Controlled From iPad (4 VIDEOS)
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Cabot Launches First Graphene-Based Additive To Improve Energy Density Of Li-ion Batteries
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Delhi Students To Generate Power From Wind Produced By Metro Rail
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Biofuel Policies Causing Fastest Rate Of Grassland Destruction Since The Dust Bowl Of The 1930s
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Complex Carbon Nanotube Circuits Demonstrated
Updated: 2013-02-27 15:09:44skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Home February 27, 2013 Complex Carbon Nanotube Circuits Demonstrated Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Tweet Mitra and Philip Wong at Stanford University have a wafer of complex carbon nanotube circuits The demonstration carbon nanotube circuit converts an analog signal from a capacitor—the same type of sensor found in many touch screens—into a digital signal that’s comprehensible by a . microprocessor The Stanford researchers rigged a wooden mannequin hand with the capacitive switch in its palm . When someone graspsed the hand , turning on the switch , the nanotube circuit sent its signal to the computer , which activated a motor on the robot hand , moving it up and down to shake the person’s . hand The nanotube circuit is stillStretchable Lithium-Ion Batteries Developed, Complement Already Developed Stretchable Electronics (VIDEO)
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Development of MOSFET-type Super-mini DIPIPM by Mitsubishi Electric
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Development of MOSFET-type Super-mini DIPIPM by Mitsubishi ElectricGood News for Kior: EPA Greenlights Camelina and Energy Cane
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CalBattery signs a license deal for Gr-Si anode material tech with the US DoE Argonne National Laboratory
Updated: 2013-02-27 10:19:42Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Videos News archive Other resources Contact us CalBattery signs a license deal for Gr-Si anode material tech with the US DoE Argonne National Laboratory Tweet Batteries Graphene applications Technical Research California Lithium Battery CalBattery have signed a licensing agreement with the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory . Argonne developed a silicon-graphene composite anode material called GEN3 for high-energy lithium batteries , and CalBattery plans to commercialize this technology rapidly . Tests show that the new anode triples the energy capacity of the state-of-the-art graphite . anode CalBattery and Argonne has been workingAlgae Oil Gene Put Into Plant Leaves
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Michigan State University (MSU) researchers have successfully engineered a plant (Arabidopsis thaliana) with oily leaves. The team has shown they could use an algae gene involved in oil production to engineer a plant that stores lipids or vegetable oil in its leaves – an uncommon occurrence for most plants. The results have been published in [...]Hole Spin Quantum Dots Brings us closer to new high-speed quantum computers
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skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Home February 26, 2013 Hole Spin Quantum Dots Brings us closer to new high-speed quantum computers Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Tweet A new method preserves spin qubits up to ten times . longer Hole spins , rather than electron spins , can keep quantum bits in the same physical state up to 10 times longer than . before The holes within hole spins , Frolov explained , are literally empty spaces left when electrons are taken out . Using extremely thin filaments called InSb indium antimonide nanowires , the researchers created a transistor-like device that could transform the electrons into holes . They then precisely placed one hole in a nanoscale box called a quantum dot” and controlled the spin of that hole using electric fields Cabot Corp launched a graphene-based additive for high energy density lithium-ion batteries
Updated: 2013-02-26 10:05:14Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Videos News archive Other resources Contact us Cabot Corp launched a graphene-based additive for high energy density lithium-ion batteries Tweet Batteries Graphene applications Nano-platelets XG Sciences Cabot Corporation launched the LITX G700, the company's first graphene-based additive for high energy density lithium-ion batteries . They say that this additive will allow L-Ion battery makers to achieve superior cell . performance Cabot explains that the LITX G700 conductive additive is designed for use in electric vehicle and high-end consumer electronics in which better driving range and longer run times are critical performance features . This newSamsung backs promising graphene-based micro antenna research
Updated: 2013-02-26 09:59:41Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Videos News archive Other resources Contact us Samsung backs promising graphene-based micro antenna research Tweet Electronics Financial Graphene applications Samsung Technical Research Researchers from Spain's UPC and Georgia Tech have been granted 120,000 from Samsung to develop graphene based micrometer-scale highs-peed short-distance antennas . This project called Graphene-Enabled Wireless Communication , or GEWC These antennas could radiate electromagnetic waves in the terahertz band and would allow for high-speed information transmission . These antennas will be a thousand times smaller than what can be made with current . technology The firstNew research shows graphene's light-to-electricity conversion efficiency
Updated: 2013-02-26 09:52:18Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Videos News archive Other resources Contact us New research shows graphene's light-to-electricity conversion efficiency Tweet Energy generation Graphene applications Photonics Sensors Technical Research Researchers from the ICFO , MIT , Max Planck and Graphenea have demonstrated that graphene is able to concert a single photo into several electrons most materials generate a single electron in such a case This means that Graphene is highly efficient in converting light to energy and can be an alternative material for light detection and energy . harvesting The researchers used a single sheet of graphene and sent a known number of photos with differentUCLA enhances their laser-scribed graphene supercapacitor technology, ready for commercialization
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, Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Videos News archive Other resources Contact us UCLA enhances their laser-scribed graphene supercapacitor technology , ready for commercialization Tweet Flexible Graphene applications Graphene Oxide Technical Research Ultracapacitors Back in March 2012 we posted about a UCLA research that developed laser-scribed graphene LSG based flexible capacitors using simple DVD burners Now those same researchers have published a new paper describing an new structural design , which makes the capacitors compatible with other integrated circuits and enhances their capacity and speed . They are now looking for industrial partners to commercialize the . technologySolar Efficiently Drives Hydrogen From New H2O Splitter
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Researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) have developed an efficient, autonomous solar water-splitting device. The new idea is based on a gold nanorod array where essentially all charge carriers involved in the oxidation and reduction steps arise from the hot electrons resulting from the excitation of surface plasmons in the nanostructured gold [...]Development of Special Technology capable of Joining Steel to Aluminum
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Development of Special Technology capable of Joining Steel to AluminumDevelopment of CMOS Image Sensor with Double the performance for Small and Low Power Applications
Updated: 2013-02-25 13:51:21Development of CMOS Image Sensor with Double the performance for Small and Low Power ApplicationsGrafen Chemical Industries to use Angstron Materials' graphene for polymer EMI applications
Updated: 2013-02-25 08:59:32Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Videos News archive Other resources Contact us Grafen Chemical Industries to use Angstron Materials' graphene for polymer EMI applications Tweet Angstron Materials Graphene applications Graphene Oxide Turkey's Grafen Chemical Industries has selected Angstron Materials to supply them with graphene materails for a polymer nanocomposite application for electromagnetic shielding . material Grafen will buy both pristine and oxidized graphene products from Angstron and plans to commercialize the EMI product for full-scale . production Feb 25, 2013 Login register to post comments Similar entries Northern Graphite to supply graphite for graphene research toGraphene Can Multiply the Power of Light
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Researchers at the Institute of Photonic Science (ICFO), in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany, and Graphenea S.L. Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain have demonstrated graphene is able to convert a single photon such that when it’s absorbed it releases multiple freed electrons. This is a very promising discovery. [...]Graphene used for novel antibacterial therapy
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Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Videos News archive Other resources Contact us Graphene used for novel antibacterial therapy Tweet Graphene applications Graphene Oxide Medicine Researchers from China's National Tsing Hua University found a new use for graphene : photothermal antibacterial therapy . The researchers say that during experiments both gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus and gram-negative Escherichia coli were efficiently captured by glutaraldehyde and concentrated or immobilized by the magnetic property of a magnetic reduced graphene oxide functionalized with . glutaraldehyde The bacteria were rapidly killed by multiple means , including conventional oxidative stress asCarbon Dioxide Plus Sunlight with Copper Gets Methanol
Updated: 2013-02-22 07:01:55Researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) are pioneering a new method for using carbon dioxide, or CO2, to make liquid methanol fuel by using copper oxide nanowires and sunlight. In a brainstorm sure to warm the hearts of coal and natural gas burners the possibility could come for CO2 to go right [...]Graphene-based solution-gated transistors hold promise for neural prostheses
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Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Videos News archive Other resources Contact us Graphene-based solution-gated transistors hold promise for neural prostheses Tweet Medicine Technical Research Transistors Neural prostheses are exciting researchers , but silicon based devices are difficult to integrate with soft tissue . Now researchers from the Technische Universität München in Germany are experimenting with graphene based neural prostheses , saying that graphene has excellent . biocompatibility The researchers have shown that it's possible to make graphene based transistors that are gated by the solution in which the transistor sits . In other words , the natural body fluids thatLaser Driven Inertial Fusion Energy Gets a Foundation Stone
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The National Research Council has published its unclassified report that determined the potential benefits of successful development of an inertial confinement fusion-based energy technology justify investment in fusion energy research and development as part of the long-term U.S. energy R&D portfolio. A pdf file copy is available for download. The report is about the Lawrence [...]A New Quantum Physics Idea to Harvest Heat
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Recovery and harvest of heat is the conservationist’s best route to reduce energy consumption. The amounts of energy that escape use via heat is a stunning number and the heat available from solar and geothermal are huge resources. When a new technology shows up, even if it’s at the first bright idea stage, we want [...]Is a Fuel Cell Without Platinum in Your Future?
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Researchers have reported a new iron based catalyst. It’s the first iron-based catalyst that converts hydrogen directly to electricity. The development puts chemists and engineers one step closer to widely affordable fuel cells. Chemist R. Morris Bullock, who leads the research at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) begins the explanation, “A [...]Bluestone Global Tech produces two short graphene intro videos
Updated: 2013-02-17 11:58:25Bluestone Global Tech released two short videos introducing Graphene. The first focuses on the different graphene properties (strength, flexibility, conductivity, etc): The second video is all about the different graphene applications, such as displays, LEDs, touch screens, batteries, solar cells and conductive wires read moreThe UK IPO's graphene patent analysis
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Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Videos News archive Other resources Contact us The UK IPO's graphene patent analysis Tweet Technical Research One of our readers sent me the UK Intellectual Property Office IPO interesting worldwide graphene patent filing analysis from 2011 with some very nice infographics and details about graphene research . If you needed further proof about Graphene research's growing popularity , check out this graph showing yearly patent : applications According to the IPO , the largest graphene patent applicants are Samsung , Sandisk , Harvard University , Univ Sungyunkwan and Teijin . This is rather interesting as we haven't heard any references to Sandisk'sResearchers find a way to easily produce EFGnPs from graphite
Updated: 2013-02-14 19:39:11Researchers from Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) developed a simple and efficient way to produce Edge-selectively functionalized graphene nanoplatelets (EFGnPs) from graphite. The researchers are actually grinding graphite using a dry ball mill. The presence of chemical vapors, liquids or solids in the ball-mill crushes results in the creation of various functional groups.Using various microscopic and spectroscopic measurements, the reaction mechanisms for the edge functionalization of graphite was confirmed. read moreXolve's R&D VP explains the company's graphene technology
Updated: 2013-02-14 15:35:37Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Videos News archive Other resources Contact us Xolve's R D VP explains the company's graphene technology Tweet Nano-platelets Technical Research AZoNano posted an interesting interview with Dr . Allen Clauss , Vice President of R D for Xolve regarding the company's use of graphene and other nanomaterials to improve a wide array of polymer . composites Xolve's technology allows them to to determine optimum solvents to tune a solvent set for a wide range of nanomaterials . Simply put , it means they can put nanoparticles in solution . Using this technology they develop nano particles—graphene nanoplatelets , for instance—that are free of dispersants ,Highly-accurate capacitors from graphene and Boron Nitride layers
Updated: 2013-02-14 15:29:02Researchers from the University of Manchester discovered that sandwiching graphene between boron nitride layers can produce highly-accurate capacitors. Such capacitors could be cheaper and easier to fabricate compared to traditional transistors. The researchers used quantum capacitance spectroscopy to investigate the exceptional properties of graphene, as this measurements shows better accuracy. read moreDensest array of carbon nanotubes paves way toward post-silicon technology
Updated: 2013-02-14 10:40:01(Phys.org)—Single-walled carbon nanotubes may one day replace the silicon in electronics, but in order to do so, the nanotubes must be aligned in dense arrays for optimal performance. So far, the highest nanotube density is less than 50 tubes/μm, but in a new study researchers have broken this record by achieving a density of more than 500 tubes/μm. The higher density leads to better performance, bringing nanotubes a step closer to playing a role in post-silicon technologies.Oxford researchers find a way to grow defect-free graphene using CVD
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Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Videos News archive Other resources Contact us Oxford researchers find a way to grow defect-free graphene using CVD Tweet Graphene production Technical Research Researchers from Oxford University has found a new way of growing defect-free graphene using CVD . Defects weaken the material and prevent electronics from flowing freely through it , and this method could pave the way toward large-scale graphene . production Graphene domains across grain boundaries The researchers say that the random graphene flakes which are formed during the CVD process can be lined up by manipulating the alignment of carbon atoms on a relatively cheap copper foil . In factA bandgap can be opened in graphene using CH-Pi interactions
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Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Videos News archive Other resources Contact us A bandgap can be opened in graphene using CH-Pi interactions Tweet Band gap Technical Research According to a theoretical study , opening a band gap in graphene can be practically opened by using CH-Pi interactions . The researchers from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Puerto Rico say that due to the equivalence breaking of two sublattices of graphene , a 90 meV band gap is opened in graphene C4H bilayer . The band gap can be further increased to 270 meV by sandwiching graphene between two C4H . layers This is the first time the CH Pi interaction a weak hydrogen-bond occurring between softHybrid graphene-polymer macromaterials are suitable for plastic applications
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Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Videos News archive Other resources Contact us Hybrid graphene-polymer macromaterials are suitable for plastic applications Tweet Graphene applications Technical Research Researchers at the FUNgraphen joint research project have managed to combine graphene with polymers , creating new macromolecules and composite materials that are suitable for plastic applications on a kilogram . scale By physically and chemically attaching graphene to polymers , the researchers managed to create large carbon molecules which are less than a millionth of a millimeter thick but can achieve widths of more than a hundredth of a millimeter . These materials are light ,Single-layer graphene is about 100 times more chemically reactive than double or triple sheets of graphene
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Home About Introduction to graphene News Graphene investing Graphene products Companies Resources Events Jobs board Reports Books History Videos News archive Other resources Contact us Single-layer graphene is about 100 times more chemically reactive than double or triple sheets of graphene Tweet Technical Research Researchers from Stanford discovered that single-layer graphene is about 100 times more chemically reactive than double or triple sheets of graphene . The team bombarded single and multiple sheets of graphene on silicon oxide substrates with highly reactive hydrogen atoms generated in a stream of charged gas , or plasma . When they looked at the graphene afterwards , they found out that the single sheet of graphene was riddled with etch pits , but thicker layer were hardly