Aramco Ventures invests in Finnish ROTOBOOST to scale graphene production from methane
ROTOBOOST, a Finnish energy transition technology company, has received a strategic investment from Aramco Ventures, the venture capital arm of Saudi Aramco. The company will use the funding to scale its methane pyrolysis technology, which splits methane and other...
HEG Advanced Materials approves a 500-tonne graphene plant as part of a battery materials expansion
HEG Advanced Materials’ board has approved a graphene plant with a capacity of 500 tonnes, to be built in two phases by its wholly owned subsidiary, HEG Graphene Materials Limited. The project carries a capital cost of about ₹500 crore (about US$53 million), and the...
Graphene mesosponge outperforms carbon nanotubes as a conductive additive in high-loading Li-ion cathodes
Researchers at Yokohama National University, Yonsei University and 3DC have shown that graphene mesosponge (GMS), a three-dimensional, sponge-like graphene material, can improve ion transport in dense, high-loading lithium-ion battery cathodes. In their tests, an...
A tiny squeeze dramatically changes the magnetism of exotic materials
Scientists have discovered that a simple mechanical squeeze can dramatically alter the magnetic properties and electrical behavior of exotic materials called altermagnets. The surprising breakthrough could open the door to faster, more energy-efficient electronics and...
SLAC scientists find conclusive proof of a mysterious third type of magnetism
For nearly 90 years, scientists believed magnetism fell into just two categories, but researchers have now confirmed a remarkable third type called altermagnetism. Using specialized X-rays, they uncovered a unique magnetic signature that proves these materials behave...
VN Graphene Global inaugurates its graphene production plant in Gia Lai
VN Graphene Global has inaugurated its Graphene Production and Application Plant at Nhon Hoi A Industrial Park in Gia Lai province, Vietnam. The project represents a total investment of 202 billion VND (about US$7.8 million) and has a designed capacity of 3,600 kg of...
Six-layer rhombohedral graphene shows new superconducting and electrically switchable magnetic states
Researchers at Cornell University, the National Institute for Materials Science (Japan) and the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter have found new superconducting and magnetic states in rhombohedral hexalayer graphene, a stack of six graphene...
New technique films light-driven quantum tunneling of electrons in graphene
Researchers at the University of Regensburg, Philipps University of Marburg, Forschungszentrum Jülich, the Jülich Aachen Research Alliance (JARA) and RWTH Aachen University have directly imaged how the electric field of a light pulse drives electrons across the energy...