News articles tagged with 'graphene'
Biocompatible graphene transistor array reads cellular signals
— 2 Dec 2011 10:47 | TechnologyResearchers have demonstrated, for the first time, a graphene-based transistor array that is compatible with living biological cells and capable of recording the electrical signals…
Graphene lights up with new possibilities
— 29 Nov 2011 21:40 | ChemistryThe future brightened for organic chemistry when researchers at Rice University found a highly controllable way to attach organic molecules to pristine graphene, making the miracle…
Self-cooling observed in graphene electronics
— 4 Apr 2011 17:49 | TechnologyWith the first observation of thermoelectric effects at graphene contacts, University of Illinois researchers found that graphene transistors have a nanoscale cooling effect that reduces…
Is space like a chessboard?
— 19 Mar 2011 14:14 | PhysicsPhysicists at UCLA set out to design a better transistor and ended up discovering a new way to think about the structure of space…
Berkeley Lab scientists control light scattering in graphene
— 17 Mar 2011 20:09 | TechnologyScientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California at Berkeley have learned to control the quantum pathways…
All wrapped up: K-State researcher's graphene cloak protects bacteria, leading to better images
— 15 Mar 2011 20:50 | TechnologyIt's a cloak that surpasses all others: a microscopic carbon cloak made of graphene that could change the way bacteria and other cells are imaged…
Probing atomic chicken wire
— 5 Mar 2011 13:57 | TechnologyGraphene - a sheet of carbon atoms linked in a hexagonal, chicken wire structure - holds great promise for microelectronics. Only one atom thick and highly conductive, graphene may…
Penn physicists develop scalable method for making graphene
— 3 Mar 2011 13:14 | PhysicsNew research from the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates a more consistent and cost-effective method for making graphene, the atomic-scale material that has promising applications…
Physicists isolate bound states in graphene-superconductor junctions
— 15 Feb 2011 15:45 | PhysicsIllinois researchers have documented the first observations of some unusual physics when two prominent electric materials are connected: superconductors and graphene…
A paperweight for platinum
— 9 Feb 2011 16:59 | ChemistryA new combination of nanoparticles and graphene results in a more durable catalytic material for fuel cells, according to work published today online at the Journal of the American…