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Graphenegraphene Is Considered by Many as The Successor to Silicon
Mar 3, 2015GrapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. is considered by many as the successor to silicon because its ...
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A Superfluid Phase in Ultra-Low Temperature 2D Materials
Jan 23, 2015(Nanowerk News) Research by scientists attached to the EC’s GrapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. ...
Tags: 2D materials, electronic devices, Electrical
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The University of Nottingham Unveiled New Molecular Beam Epitaxy Machine
Jan 20, 2015The University of Nottingham unveiled its new Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) machine, capable of reaching the high temperatures required to grow grapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of ...
Tags: Large-Area Graphene Sheets, crystal lattice, Electrical
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GaN Micro-Rods Grown on Graphene Yield Flexible LEDs
Sep 26, 2014Currently, most flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices are fabricated using organic materials. However, for these devices inorganic compound semiconductors such as gallium nitride (GaN) can provide advantages over organic materials ...
Tags: LEDs, LED displays, Electrical, Electronics
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Frontiers Will Open a Satellite Office at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Albany, New York
Sep 17, 2014Graphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. Frontiers, a manufacturing company that began at the University of ...
Tags: Frontiers, Expand, Electrical
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Tesla Motors Announced Its Planned Lithium Ion Battery Gigafactory
Sep 1, 2014Even though graphite companies have been ever increasing blips on investors’ radar screens over the past couple of years, the space got a massive visibility and validation boost when the already iconic Tesla Motors announced its ...
Tags: Graphene, Panasonic, Electrical
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A Growing Number of Companies Are Eagerly Promoting Carbon in One Specific Form
Aug 18, 2014It’s not often that anyone speaks highly of carbon, given the part that element plays in climate change. But a growing number of companies are eagerly promoting carbon in one specific form: It’s called grapheneGraphene is an ...
Tags: UK, Electrical, Electronics
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Materials for SupercapacitorsUnconventional Internal Design Yields a Larger Capacitance
Aug 15, 2014CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND — The new IDTechEx report “Functional Materials for SupercapacitorsUnconventional internal design yields a larger capacitanceThat property of a system of conductors and dielectrics which permits the storage of ...
Tags: Supercapacitor, Electrical, Electronics
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The Development of Portable Electronic Devices Increased The Need for Micro Power Supply
Aug 15, 2014The rapid development of miniaturized portable electronic devices, such as micro-electromechanical systems, microrobots and implantable medical devices, has stimulated intense demand for micro-scale power sources. Although miniaturized ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, electronic devices
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Actual Cigarette Butts Could End up Becoming Savvy Investments
Aug 15, 2014Warren Buffett popularized the notion of investing in "cigarette butt" stocks. That is, extracting one last "puff" of value out of discarded stocks trading below liquidation value. Well, get ready to put a new spin on the term. Based on ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, e Cigarettes, e-Cigarettes
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Riverside Researchers Are Part of Team Recently Awarded a Grant of Almost $1.7m
Aug 15, 2014Three University of California, Riverside researchers are part of team recently awarded a grant of almost $1.7m from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to characterize, analyze and synthesize a new class of ultra-thin-film materials ...
Tags: Graphene, Electrical, Electronics
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Hemp May as Ideal Supercapacitor Material
Aug 12, 2014As hemp makes a comeback in the U.S. after a decades-long ban on its cultivation, scientists are reporting that fibers from the plant can pack as much energy and power as graphene.Graphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is ...
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Graphene Bridges Gap Between Traditional Capacitors, Batteries
Aug 8, 2014Researchers at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA have set the stage for a watershed in mobile energy storage by using a special grapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
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Supercapacitors Have a Negative Effect on Li-Ion Battery Market
Jul 7, 2014As tracked by market research company IDTechEx and further explained in the recently updated report “Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitors: SupercapacitorsUnconventional internal design yields a larger capacitanceThat property of a ...
Tags: Supercapacitors, Li-Ion Battery
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BASF Has Obtained a Patent for a Method of Self-Healing Cured Coatings
Jun 9, 2014BASF has obtained a patent for a method of self-healing cured coatings, which is comprised of heating a coating of a cured coating composition for a period of at least 10 minutes to a temperature which lies at least 25° C above the ...
Tags: Coating, Chemicals, Construction, Decoration