Graphene has drawn attention as a scientific curiosity owing to its record conductivities, strength and thermal properties.

To reproduce what Thomas Edison did, with the tools and knowledge we have now, is very exciting,” said co-author James Tour, ...

Graphene has the potential to spur advances in a variety of sectors, from transport to medicine to electronics. Unfortunately, the high cost of graphene production has slowed commercialization.

What do Thomas Edison and 2010 Nobel Prize in physics winners Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim have in common? According ...

Gas sensors are essential for personal safety and environmental monitoring, but traditional sensors have limitations in sensitivity and energy efficiency. Now, researchers have developed an improved ...

Grapherry upcycles carbon waste into low-cost, sustainable graphene to power next-generation materials and clean-tech applications. Grapherry achieves a breakthrough by upcycling waste to produce high ...

Graphene has long been hailed as a "wonder material." It is incredibly strong, highly conductive and almost impossibly ...

In 1874, the Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie completed the mile-long Eads Bridge, made of steel and crossing the River Mississippi into St. Louis. At the time, nobody believed that ...

Researchers at the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have created composite materials using graphene that are up to 500 times stronger than the raw, non-composite material.

Researchers investigate how functionalizing graphene sheets via plasma treatment can lead to enhanced sensitivity for specific gases. (Nanowerk News) Gas sensing technologies play a vital role in our ...

Altering the structure of graphene via plasma treatment creates defects, such as carbon vacancies and oxidation sites. These modifications can make graphene more useful in gas sensors by favoring the ...