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A small connection with big implications: Wiring up carbon-based electronics
May 06, 2014 (SPX)
Carbon-based nanostructures such as nanotubes, graphene sheets, and nanoribbons are unique building blocks showing versatile nanomechanical and nanoelectronic p...
High Quality Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Graphene
May 06, 2014 (SPX)
Three-dimentional (3D) nanoporous graphene with preserved 2D Dirac electronic characters was successfully synthesized by Dr. Yoshikazu Ito and Prof. Mingwei CHE...
Playing pool with carbon atoms
May 05, 2014 (SPX)
A University of Arizona-led team of physicists has discovered how to change the crystal structure of graphene, more commonly known as pencil lead, with an elect...
Graphene only as strong as weakest link
May 01, 2014 (SPX)
There is no disputing graphene is strong. But new research by Rice University and the Georgia Institute of Technology should prompt manufacturers to look a litt...
Graphene Not All Good
May 01, 2014 (SPX)
In a first-of-its-kind study of how a material some think could transform the electronics industry moves in water, researchers at the University of California, ...
Beyond graphene: Controlling properties of 2D materials
Apr 30, 2014 (SPX)
The isolation of graphene at the University in 2004 led to the discovery of many other 2D crystals. While graphene has an unrivalled set of superlatives, these ...
High-Performance, Low-Cost Ultracapacitors Built with Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes
Apr 25, 2014 (SPX)
By combining the powers of two single-atom-thick carbon structures, researchers at the George Washington University's Micro-propulsion and Nanotechnology Labora...
Virus structure inspires novel understanding of onion-like carbon nanoparticles
Apr 15, 2014 (SPX)
Symmetry is ubiquitous in the natural world. It occurs in gemstones and snowflakes and even in biology, an area typically associated with complexity and diversi...
Black carbon is ancient by the time it reaches seafloor
Apr 10, 2014 (SPX)
A fraction of the carbon that finds its way into Earth's oceans - the black soot and charcoal residue of fires - stays there for thousands for years, and a new ...
Graphene nanoribbons as electronic switches
Apr 10, 2014 (SPX)
One of graphene's most sought-after properties is its high conductivity. Argentinian and Brazilian physicists have now successfully calculated the conditions of...
Rebar technique strengthens case for graphene
Apr 08, 2014 (SPX)
Carbon nanotubes are reinforcing bars that make two-dimensional graphene much easier to handle in a new hybrid material grown by researchers at Rice University....
Carbon nanotubes grow in combustion flames
Apr 03, 2014 (SPX)
Professor Stephan Irle of the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM) at Nagoya University and co-workers at Kyoto University, Oak Ridge National L...
Thermal vision: Graphene light detector first to span infrared spectrum
Mar 24, 2014 (SPX)
The first room-temperature light detector that can sense the full infrared spectrum has the potential to put heat vision technology into a contact lens. Unlike ...
Scientists discover potential way to make graphene superconducting
Mar 24, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have discovered a potential way to make graphene - a singl...
Stanford makes flexible carbon nanotube circuits more reliable and power efficient
Mar 24, 2014 (SPX)
Engineers would love to create flexible electronic devices, such as e-readers that could be folded to fit into a pocket. One approach they are trying involves d...
Creating a Graphene-Metal Sandwich to Improve Electronics
Mar 19, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers have discovered that creating a graphene-copper-graphene "sandwich" strongly enhances the heat conducting properties of copper, a discovery that cou...
Can material rivaling graphene be mined out of rocks
Mar 19, 2014 (SPX)
Will one-atom-thick layers of molybdenum disulfide, a compound that occurs naturally in rocks, prove to be better than graphene for electronic applications? The...
Predation on invertebrates by woodland salamanders increases carbon capture
Mar 13, 2014 (SPX)
Woodland salamanders perform a vital ecological service in American forests by helping to mitigate the impacts of global warming. Global warming occurs when gre...
Colored diamonds are a superconductor's best friend
Mar 13, 2014 (SPX)
Flawed but colorful diamonds are among the most sensitive detectors of magnetic fields known today, allowing physicists to explore the minuscule magnetic fields...
New study reveals communications potential of graphene
Feb 23, 2014 (SPX)
Providing secure wireless connections and improving the efficiency of communication devices could be another application for graphene, as demonstrated by scient...
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