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Ultra Thin Graphene Condoms

Ultra Thin Graphene Condoms

Ultra Thin Graphene Condoms Development In one of the incredible applications of graphene in the health industry, Scientists in the University of Manchester are developing ultra thin graphene condoms.  Though current condoms are almost excellent barriers of unwanted contaminants, they are heavy and thick — which is the reason they …

Types of graphene

Types of graphene

Types of graphene – Technological breakthrough guarantees production of high quality graphene. Due to the discovery of more graphene applications, the University of Pennsylvania has established a small research company named “Graphene Frontiers” to provide technological solutions for production of quality graphene. This body was awarded 0.744 million dollars in …

Pure Graphene

Pure Graphene

American researchers discover how to create pure Graphene US researchers who worked on ways of making electrical contacts on graphene made two important discoveries in the process. Through use of a novel fabrication technique they have managed to create stacked layers of the finest quality of pure graphene yet. Simultaneously, …

Graphene Lunar Elevator

Lunar Elevator

Graphene the perfect material for a Lunar Elevator Scientists at Columbia University conducted a study which revealed that graphene retains most of its mechanical properties even when it has been stitched together from small fragments. This discovery may have been the first step toward large scale manufacture of carbon nanotubes, …

Graphene Ink

Graphene Ink

Graphene Ink and Foldable Electronics The graphene ink has three unique qualities which make it very important; it’s a good conductor of electricity, highly flexible and has optical transparency. This is a major step towards production of cheap and foldable electronics. Developers have used graphene to print out circuits on …

3D printing-DNA

3D printing

3D printing of DNA – Transmission Electron Microscopy Researchers have developed a graphene liquid cell that can be used together with the conventional transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to view ‘soft materials’ in three-dimensional. The term ‘soft materials’ refers to a number of things, including biological compounds such as protein, plastics, DNA, flexible …

Graphene and Silicon Solar Cell

Graphene and Silicon

Graphene and Silicon Work Great Together Given the impending bottleneck of supply in indium tin oxide, a material currently used as a transparent conducting film, researchers are now focusing their attention on graphene as a cheaper alternative since it has ideal properties for this purpose. Photo-voltaic manufacturers have taken little …

Carbon nanotube transistors

Carbon nanotube transistors

The world’s first carbon nanotube computer – Carbon nanotube transistors Manufacturers will soon be able to replace silicon with carbon nanotube transistors in making transistors used in electronic devices. This is because carbon nanotubes address most of the shortcomings that silicon has. Carbon nanotubes are the ideal replacements for silicon …

Graphene Oxide

Graphene Oxide

Graphene Oxide We will soon retrieve data from a broken device, thanks to graphene oxide’s refractive index and fluorescence that can be manipulated. A new material promises the possibility of recovering data even from a broken device. Graphene, the ‘wonderful material’ has unique properties that include; unmatched strength, flexibility, lightness, …

foldable-electronics

Foldable Electronics

Foldable Electronics The days of folding your tablet or phone to fit in a purse or small pocket are approaching fast with the unveiling of foldable electronics. Unlike bendable substrate-based flexible electronics, foldable electronics rely on foldable substrates that come with a very stable electricity conductor that can withstand folding. It means …