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On the edge of graphene
Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have discovered that the conductivity at the edges of graphene devices is different to that of the central...
New test reveals purity of graphene
Aug 15, 2014 (SPX)
Graphene may be tough, but those who handle it had better be tender. The environment surrounding the atom-thick carbon material can influence its electronic per...
NASA Carbon Counter Reaches Final Orbit, Returns Data
Aug 13, 2014 (JPL)
Just over a month after launch, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) -- NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide -- has man...
Carbon dioxide 'sponge' could ease transition to cleaner energy
Aug 13, 2014 (SPX)
A sponge-like plastic that sops up the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) might ease our transition away from polluting fossil fuels and toward new energy sour...
Light pulses control graphene's electrical behavior
Aug 05, 2014 (SPX)
Graphene, an ultrathin form of carbon with exceptional electrical, optical, and mechanical properties, has become a focus of research on a variety of potential ...
Understanding Graphene's Electrical Properties on an Atomic Level
Jul 24, 2014 (SPX)
Graphene, a material that consists of a lattice of carbon atoms, one atom thick, is widely touted as being the most electrically conductive material ever studie...
Researchers discover boron buckyball
Jul 15, 2014 (SPX)
The discovery of buckyballs - soccer-ball-shaped molecules of carbon - helped usher in the nanotechnology era. Now, Lai-Sheng Wang's research group and colleagu...
Carbon clean-up needs energy revolution, leaders told
Jul 08, 2014 (AFP)
More than two dozen scientific institutes, in unprecedented advice to world leaders, on Tuesday urged major economies to unleash an energy revolution for slashi...
New Synthesis Method of Nickel-Carbon Heterofullerenes Presented
Jun 10, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists from several British, Spanish and Russian research centers (MIPT, Institute for Spectroscopy RAS, Kurchatov Institute and Kintech Lab Ltd) have come ...
Graphene's multi-colored butterflies
Jun 03, 2014 (SPX)
Writing in Nature Physics, a large international team led by Dr Artem Mishchenko and Sir Andre Geim from The University of Manchester shows that the electronic ...
Observing the random diffusion of missing atoms in graphene
Jun 02, 2014 (SPX)
Imperfections in the regular atomic arrangements in crystals determine many of the properties of a material, and their diffusion is behind many microstructural ...
Supersonic spray delivers high quality graphene layer
May 30, 2014 (SPX)
A simple, inexpensive spray method that deposits a graphene film can heal manufacturing defects and produce a high quality graphene layer on a range of substrat...
Buried fossil soils found to be awash in carbon
May 28, 2014 (SPX)
Soils that formed on the Earth's surface thousands of years ago and that are now deeply buried features of vanished landscapes have been found to be rich in car...
Flatland optics with graphene
May 27, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers from CIC nanoGUNE, in collaboration with ICFO and Graphenea, introduce a platform technology based on optical antennas for trapping and controlling ...
A new way to make sheets of graphene
May 27, 2014 (SPX)
Graphene's promise as a material for new kinds of electronic devices, among other uses, has led researchers around the world to study the material in search of ...
Not all diamonds are forever
May 23, 2014 (SPX)
Images taken by Rice University scientists show that some diamonds are not forever. The Rice researchers behind a new study that explains the creation of nanodi...
Water caged in buckyballs
May 22, 2014 (SPX)
In a new paper in the Journal of Chemical Physics, produced by AIP Publishing, a research team in the United Kingdom and the United States describes how water m...
Lighting the Way to Graphene-based Devices
May 20, 2014 (SPX)
Graphene continues to reign as the next potential superstar material for the electronics industry, a slimmer, stronger and much faster electron conductor than s...
Rapid bilayer graphene synthesis for high-performance transistors
May 14, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara, in collaboration with Rice University, have recently demonstrated a rapid synthesis technique for large-...
Graphene for Real-World Devices
May 08, 2014 (SPX)
Graphene, a one-atom-thick form of the carbon material graphite, has been hailed as a wonder material - strong, light, nearly transparent, and an excellent cond...
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