New Scientist reported that scientists at the University of Maryland at College Park have managed to clock a floating piece of graphene at an astounding rate of 60 million rpm,…
Read MoreLoops (seen above in blue) between graphene layers can be minimized using electron irradiation (bottom). (Credit: ORNL) According to a press release, researchers at Oak Ridge National Lab have discovered…
Read MoreIn the advanced online edition of Nature Nanotechnology, researchers have developed a new method to produce graphene sheets leading to a diagonal dimension of 30 in. – larger than ever…
Read MoreA group of researchers representing several institutions report in Science they have gained new abilities to “print” graphene oxide-based nano-scale replacements for IC wiring and some semiconductor devices using a…
Read MoreA group out of University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics thinks it knows why, at nanoscales, the friction encountered by, say, an atomic force microscope, increases…
Read MoreThose engineering electronic devices always have had to factor in the use of special materials that can conduct heat away from crucial components. Bulk copper’s thermal conductivity is pretty good…
Read MoreAccording to the National Science Foundation, a team of researchers, lead by University of South Florida professors Matthias Batzill and Ivan Oleynik, has developed a new method for adding an…
Read MoreAccording to a press release, a Cornell research team has invented a simple way to grow graphene directly onto a silicon wafer. The work was published online Oct. 27 in…
Read MoreResearchers know that single‐walled carbon nanotubes have a lot of potential in the world of electronics. Besides being cheap to produce, it’s been show that SWNTs can be produced that…
Read MoreI don’t know much about this other than what was posted at PNNL’s website last week, but I hope to see something published on this soon: Researchers would like to…
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