Graphene Becoming Increasingly Attractive for Tactile Sensing
For a fairly long time now, scientists have been chasing the enticing possibility of mimicking human skin, because of the enormous potential it presents to the fields of robotics, prosthesis, haptics, the tactile Internet of Things, and for wearable devices. Up until now, this pursuit has been frustrated by the failure to develop materials and
The Need for 2D Material Standards (and what Grolltex is doing about it)
The emerging industries for graphene and hexagonal boron nitride have reached the stage where it has become critical for appropriate standards to be agreed upon. A few companies have been marketing questionable products, claiming to be true graphene. It has become obvious that there is a need to protect corporate consumers as well as legitimate
Could Graphene Revolutionize Glucose Monitoring?
Scientists and doctors have for years found it very difficult to replace the time-honored finger-prick method of monitoring glucose levels, but all that may be coming to an end in the very near future. Not surprisingly, a solution has been found using the universal wonder-material graphene, by using some of its more exotic properties. In
Could Graphene Make Polluted Water Drinkable?
It seems that new discoveries and new potential uses for the miracle product graphene just keep turning up at an unbelievable rate. The latest eye-popping announcement from researchers involves the revelation that a form of graphene has been found to be extremely successful at filtering pollutants out of water to make it drinkable again –
Why Graphene Is Industry’s Most Powerful Ingredient To A Better Future
The material ‘graphene’ since officially discovered and named in 2004 as individual 2-D sheets of graphite, is anticipated to change the way we live forever. This incredibly agile supermaterial has provided the ability to progress nanotechnology with more conductive properties than copper and at a consistency that is 200 times stronger than steel. What is
Graphene Revolutionizes Lego-Type Nanoelectronics With Ease
The latest advances in the scientific field of nanotechnology include the ability to assemble electronic building blocks from individual molecules fabricated from advanced materials such as graphene. These Lego-type bricks serve as essential components in optoelectronic systems found in sensors or flexible flat screens. The required electronic structures are cut from graphene sheets, and the
Graphene Does What? 15 Things You Never Knew About The Miracle Material
In 2004, scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, of the University of Manchester, discovered an allotrope of carbon on a 2-dimensional atomic scale. They unearthed this idea by sticking scotch tape onto pieces of graphite found in pencil lead, and peeling it off. Thus the name, ‘graphene’. Shortly after their discovery, it was found