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 …
Graphene Integrated Circuit – The future of Super Computers The first graphene-only integrated circuit was created by International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) three years ago. However, this was not a complete breakthrough because they used largely silicon and metal for much of the hardware. University of California Santa Barbara has made …
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 …
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 …
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 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 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 …
Nokia investing 1.3 billion-dollar in Graphene Research Recently, Nokia (NYSE:NOK) was awarded a $1.35 billion funding for its activities in graphene in the next ten years. These activities are mostly research that aims at developing applications from the ‘wonder material’ that are tipped to change the world. European Union gave …
Graphene, the leader in optical chips world Recently, researchers were able to use graphene in the manufacture of a photodetector that enabled an optical chip. For some time now, graphene’s numerous promising characteristics have enticed researchers into exploring ways in which they can use it to make photodetector applications. While …
Samsung Electronics – Investing in Graphene Samsung Electronics, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of electronics, is looking into graphene properties for the production of devices that are likely to change the world. Recently, the company, through its principal research and development incubator (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology), developed a transistor …