Vanderbilt engineers used a drop of rubbing alcohol, an office laminator and creativity to develop scalable processes for manufacturing single atom thin membranes. Their membranes outperformed state-of-the-art commercial dialysis membranes and the approach is fully… Read More »A drop of rubbing alcohol and office laminator provides a manufacturability boost for nanomaterials
A new paper in Oxford Open Materials Science presents low cost modifications to existing N95 masks that prolongs their effectiveness and improves their reusability post disinfectants. Read More | Phys.org news tagged with:graphene Materials Science
The total amount of data generated worldwide is expected to reach 175 zettabytes (1 ZB equals 1 billion terabytes) by 2025. If 175 ZB were stored on Blu-ray disks, the stack would be 23 times… Read More »Sub-diffraction optical writing enables data storage at the nanoscale
Graphene is incredibly strong, lightweight, conductive … the list of its superlative properties goes on. Read More | Phys.org news tagged with:graphene Nanomaterials
The exfoliation of graphite into graphene layers inspired the investigation of thousands of layered materials: amongst them transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). These semiconductors can be used to make conductive inks to manufacture printed electronic and… Read More »Molecular bridges power up printed electronics
X-ray scans revolutionized medical treatments by allowing us to see inside humans without surgery. Similarly, terahertz spectroscopy penetrates graphene films allowing scientists to make detailed maps of their electrical quality, without damaging or contaminating the… Read More »Terahertz imaging of graphene paves the way to industrialisation
Graphene, a two-dimensional material composed exclusively of carbon, has revealed extraordinary properties, including thermal and electrical conductivity, transparency, and flexibility. When combined, these properties become particularly interesting in the age of touch screens and flexible… Read More »The magic angle of twisted graphene
Stack two layers of graphene, twisted at slightly different angles to each other, and the material spontaneously becomes a superconductor. Science still can’t explain how something so magical can happen, but physicists use special equipment… Read More »The quest for the magic angle
The tiniest microchips yet can be made from graphene and other 2-D-materials, using a form of “nano-origami,” physicists at the University of Sussex have found. Read More | Phys.org news tagged with:graphene Nanomaterials
Researchers around the world are searching for new synthetic materials with special properties like superconductivity—that is, the conduction of electric current without resistance. These new substances are an important step in the development of highly… Read More »Kagome graphene promises exciting properties