A splash of graphene can improve battery materialsSeptember 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new research, scientists have determined that a splash of graphene can improve battery materials. Researchers would like to develop lithium-ion batteries using titanium dioxide, an inexpensive material.
New graphite-based nano-material may herald next generation of electronic devicesSeptember 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - An international team of researchers has designed a new graphite-based, magnetic nano-material that acts as a semiconductor and could help material scientists create the next generation of electronic devices like microchips. The nano-material was designed by a team of researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU); Peking University in Beijing, China; the Chinese Academy of Science in Shanghai, China; and Tohoku University in Sedai, Japan.
Scientists use camera flash to turn insulating material into conductorAugust 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Can camera flash actually turn an insulating material into a conductor? Yes, if Northwestern University researchers are to be believed. Lead researcher Jiaxing Huang, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science have found a novel way of turning graphite oxide - a low-cost insulator made by oxidizing graphite powder-into graphene, a material that conducts electricity.
Graphane may help make tiny strips of graphene needed for electronic circuitsAugust 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new research, scientists have explained how their discovery of graphane could make it easier for the production of tiny strips of graphene needed for electronic circuits. Graphane was discovered by Kostya Novoselov - a condensed-matter physicist from the Manchester University group.
Manipulating ripples could pave way for strain-based graphene electronicsJuly 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists from the University of California Riverside (UCR) have manipulated ripples in graphene, which would enable the development of strain-based graphene electronics. Graphene is nature's thinnest elastic material and displays exceptional mechanical and electronic properties.
World's most powerful supercomputer becomes operationalJuly 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The world's fastest and most powerful supercomputer, named Novo-G, has become operational at the University of Florida. Novo-G gets the first part of its name from the Latin term for make anew, change, alter and the second from G for genesis.
Supercomputer being described as world's most powerful becomes operationalJuly 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - What is being expected to prove the most powerful computer of its kind in the world became operational at the University of Florida this week. The supercomputer has been named by its designers 'Novo-G'.
'Magnetic superatoms' maybe used to create faster computers with larger memoryJune 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have discovered a 'magnetic superatom', which one day may be used to create molecular electronic devices for the next generation of faster computers with larger memory storage. Found by a team of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) scientists, the 'magnetic superatom' is a stable cluster of atoms that can mimic different elements of the periodic table.
Graphene may replace copper at nanoscale widths in futureJune 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new research, scientists have experimentally demonstrated the advantages that graphene may have over copper for interconnects in future generations of integrated circuits. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, US, report detailed analysis of resistivity in graphene nanoribbon interconnects as narrow as 18 nanometers.
Enabling graphene-based technology via chemical functionalizationMay 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of scientists has identified conditions for enabling graphene-based technology through chemical functionalization. Graphene is an atomically thin sheet of carbon that has attracted significant attention due to its potential use in high-performance electronics, sensors and alternative energy devices such as solar cells.
Scientists reveal secrets of graphene's extraordinary propertiesMay 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new analysis, scientists have directly measured the unusual energy spectrum of graphene, which adds new detail to help explain the extraordinary properties of the material. The analysis was done by researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Simple process makes thin nanoribbons for conductive productsApril 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at Rice University, US, have uncovered a room-temperature chemical process that splits carbon nanotubes to make flat nanoribbons, which can be used to create basic elements for aircraft, flat-screen TVs, electronics and other conductive products. The technique makes it possible to produce the ultrathin ribbons in bulk quantities.
New blockbuster: Watch a carbon atom make a moveApril 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers working with the world's most powerful electron microscope have filmed carbon atoms in live motion for the first time, as the atoms repositioned themselves around the edge of a hole punched into a graphene sheet. Viewers of the 'movie' that promises to become a blockbuster - at least over the Internet - observed chemical bonds breaking and forming as the suddenly volatile atoms are driven to find a stable configuration.
Graphene based chips could pave way for faster data transferMarch 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Using a material called graphene, scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created new superfast chips which can lead to cell phones and other communications systems that can transmit data much faster. Graphene is a form of pure carbon that was first identified in 2004.
MIT findings to help design superfast microchipMarch 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers have built a microchip from graphene, a form of pure carbon, that can operate at much higher speeds than existing silicon chips. This will enable faster data transmission in mobile phones and computers.
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