Tiny Energy Storage Device Developed for Wearable Devices

Medicine & Technology Oct 14, 2020

Scientists continually improve wearable devices by developing the energy storage of e-skin electronics. South Korean materials scientists developed a new energy storage device containing graphene ink.

Tiny Superconducting Quantum Interference Device Developed for Various Fields of Research

Sep 09, 2020

A collaborative team creates a very small device that can detect magnetic fields. The Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) can be applied in medicine, topology, and research for new materials.

Ultraclean Graphene As High Performance Magnetic Field Sensors

Aug 21, 2020

A team from Cornell University has fabricated a miniature magnetic field sensor, using an ultrathin graphene "sandwich," that offers detection over a greater temperature change with enough sensitivity to sense subtleties in magnetic fields.

Self-Sterilizing Graphene Filter Effectively Eliminates Airborne Bacteria

Oct 12, 2019

Researchers at Rice University and the Texas A&M Health Science Center are looking into using laser-induced graphene to filter pathogens from the air.

A New Member of the Carbon Family is Born

Aug 19, 2019

Scientists have been successful in isolating an 18-atom ring of carbons in the lab.

Superlubricity Simulation in the Laboratory, Believed to Cut Down Energy Loss

Aug 04, 2019

Scientist study materials with the least amount of friction at the atomic level.

Millions With Neurological Diseases Could Find New Option in Neurostimulation Devices

Jun 29, 2019

The United States has an increase in the number of neurological diseases. Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death, with Alzheimer's being ranked sixth. Another neurological disease, Parkinson's, affects almost 1 million people in the U.S every year.

Using graphene and tiny droplets to detect stomach-cancer causing bacteria

Jun 22, 2019

Biosensors are currently used in healthcare to monitor blood glucose; they also have the potential to detect bacteria.

Laser Technique Could Unlock Use of Tough Material for Next Generation Electronics

Jun 01, 2019

Researchers used a laser technique to permanently stress graphene into a structure that allows the flow of electric current.

Battery-like Devices Could Be Woven Into Clothes Directly Thanks to Nanotechnology

May 16, 2019

These wearable electronic components are wearable and washable

Substrate Defect Crucial for Growth of 2D Materials

May 09, 2019

Researchers showed that if the TMDs are grown on a surface of hexagonal boron nitride, 85 percent or more will point in the same direction

How Hydrogen Atoms Chemically Bind to Graphene in One of the Fastest Reactions Ever Studied

May 03, 2019

The bond lasts for only about ten femtoseconds, ten quadrillionths of a second

New Graphene Artworks Used Laser-Induced Graphene Instead of Ink

May 02, 2019

The artwork “Where Do I Stand” by Joseph Cohen used LIG or laser-induced graphene and showed his impression of what LIG looks like through a microscope.

A New Model Can Predict the Shape of a Squeezed Nanocrystal When Blanketed Under Graphene

Apr 06, 2019

In a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and Northeastern University, researchers have now developed a model for predicting the shape of metal nanocrystals or "islands" sandwiched between or below two-dimensional (2-D) materials such as graphene.

Twisted Graphene is Science’s Hottest New Topic

Mar 26, 2019

Atom-sized superconductors discovered with a simple angle adjustment.