by MBF Admin | Jan 4, 2018 | Development, Graphene applications, Graphene Oxide, Graphene Sensors, Investment, Products, Research, Technical / Research
Iowa State University researchers have created a new, low-cost, easily produced, graphene-based sensors-on-tape that can be attached to plants to provide data that was previously very hard to collect. This can help farmers to breed plants that are more efficient in...
by MBF Admin | Jan 3, 2018 | Boron Nitride, Development, Electronics, Graphene applications, Graphene thermal conductivity, Investment, Products, Research, Technical / Research, Transistors
Researchers from the Pierre Aigrain Laboratory in the ENS Physics department in Paris, France, have discovered a new cooling mechanism for electronic components made of graphene deposited on boron nitride. The efficiency of this mechanism reportedly allowed the team...
by MBF Admin | Jan 3, 2018 | Development, Electronics, Graphene applications, Graphene Sensors, Investment, Products, Research, Technical / Research
Researchers from Cornell have developed tiny graphene-enhanced robot exoskeletons that can rapidly change shape upon sensing chemical or thermal changes in its environment. And, they claim, these microscale machines – equipped with electronic, photonic and chemical...
by MBF Admin | Dec 25, 2017 | Development, Investment, Products, Research, Technical / Research
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have demonstrated a new process to sheathe metal under graphene, which may lead to new and better-controlled properties. The researchers encapsulated dysprosium, a magnetic rare-earth metal, by bombarding...
by MBF Admin | Dec 25, 2017 | Defects, Development, Investment, Products, Research, Technical / Research
A team of researchers from China has designed a new growth method that produces smooth and pristine graphene. Using a carefully engineered substrate, the researchers can grow high-quality graphene free of wrinkles that often form during manufacture. The team reports...
by MBF Admin | Dec 25, 2017 | Development, Electronics, Graphene applications, Graphene Oxide, Investment, Products, Research, Technical / Research, Textiles, University of Manchester
Scientists at The University of Manchester have reported the development of a simple and cost-effective method to manufacture graphene-based wearable electronic textiles on an industrial scale. The new method could allow graphene e-textiles to be manufactured at...