Zentek announces manufacturing and supply agreement with Viva Healthcare Packaging for graphene-enhanced surgical masks
Zentek recently announced it has entered into a Manufacturing and Supply Agreement with Viva Healthcare Packaging (Canada) Ltd. ("VMedCare”) to manufacture and sell surgical masks enhanced with Zentek’s proprietary ZenGUARD™ antimicrobial coating. During the...
Researchers develop graphene oxide and single-walled carbon nanohorns hybrid for supercapacitor electrodes
Ni-Co layered double hydroxides (LDH) are seen as promising materials for pseudocapacitor electrodes. Researchers from Chonnam National University and Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) recently conducted a study that focused on the use of graphene...
AMD receives funding for US Army collaborative project
Advanced Material Development (AMD) has announced further funding of its ChamEM signature management collaboration with the US Army from the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). The OSD funding comes from the Foreign Comparative Test (FCT) funding with a view...
Iodine-doped graphene oxide could be an efficient electrocatalyst for fuel cells
Researchers from the National Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies ICSI-Rm in Romania have applied microwave processes to iodine doping and reduction of graphene oxide, to produce functionalized fuel cell organic reduction reaction electrocatalysts....
Researchers devise tunable conducting edge
Physicists have demonstrated a new magnetized state in a monolayer of tungsten ditelluride. This material of one-atom thickness has an insulating interior but a conducting edge, which has important implications for controlling electron flow in nanodevices.
Haydale’s supplies graphene to NeoEnpla for use in food packaging
Haydale has started to supply South Korean plastics developer NeoEnpla with functionalized graphene nano-platelets (GNPs) for use in food packaging. Functionalized using Haydale's patented HDPlas® technology, the GNP-enhanced thermoplastic has been used to...
Researchers develop a process for reversible writing of doping patterns in graphene
Researchers at University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), the Kavli Energy Nanosciences Institute, Beijing Institute of Technology, Shenzhen University and Tsinghua University recently developed a tunable and reversible approach, based on laser-assisted...
Directa Plus says 2022 revenues to increase by over 40% as demand for its products grow
Directa Plus announced that it is seeing a strong increase in sales and perfomrnace, and the company expects its full-year revenues to increase by more than 40% compared to last year (for which revenues reached 8.6 million Euro). The company says that inflation...
Researchers design lightweight and ultra-compact graphene-based filters that can block even miniature nanoparticles
Scientists from Vanderbilt University recently developed a lightweight and ultra-compact graphene-based filter that can block aerosolized nanoparticles of size in the sub-20 nm range. Nanoparticulate aerosols contain toxins, pollutants, and harmful viruses, whose...
Novusterra acquires exclusive rights to graphene and carbon technologies
Novusterra, a U.S-based company focused on developing and commercializing high-value products and applications for graphene and carbon nanostructures, has announced that it has acquired the exclusive rights to patents for graphene and carbon nanostructure from...