News articles tagged with 'graphite'
Nanoparticles improve solar collection efficiency
— 6 Apr 2011 18:19 | TechnologyUsing minute graphite particles 1000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, mechanical engineers at Arizona State University hope to boost the efficiency - and profitability…
Curved carbon for electronics of the future
— 23 Jan 2011 19:44 | TechnologyA new scientific discovery could have profound implications for nanoelectronic components. Researchers from the Nano-Science Centre at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen,…
NASA's Spitzer reveals first carbon-rich planet
— 9 Dec 2010 17:12 | HealthAstronomers have discovered that a huge, searing-hot planet orbiting another star is loaded with an unusual amount of carbon. The planet, a gas giant named WASP-12b, is the first carbon-rich…
Silicon strategy shows promise for batteries
— 14 Oct 2010 10:06 | TechnologyA team of Rice University and Lockheed Martin scientists has discovered a way to use simple silicon to radically increase the capacity of lithium-ion batteries…
ORNL graphite foam technology licensed to LED North America
— 28 Aug 2010 09:46 | TechnologyTechnology developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory that extends the life of light-emitting diode lamps has been licensed to LED North America…
Graphene oxide gets green
— 23 Jul 2010 09:41 | Technology'We can make you and we can break you.' If Rice University scientists wrote country songs, their ode to graphene oxide would start something like that. But this song wouldn't break…
Scientists find moon whiskers
— 2 Jul 2010 11:14 | AstronomyUp to now scientists thought that the trace amounts of carbon on the surface of the Moon came from the solar wind. Now researchers at the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory…
Researchers develop new method for mass-producing graphene
— 22 Jun 2010 09:38 | TechnologyResearchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a simple new method for producing large quantities of the promising nanomaterial graphene. The new technique works at…
Researchers discover new properties of world's thinnest material
— 15 Jun 2010 02:35 | TechnologyGraphene oxide, a single-atomic-layered material made by reacting graphite powders with strong oxidising agents, has attracted a lot of interest from scientists because of its ability…
Lithium-ion anode uses self-assembled nanocomposite materials to increase capacity
— 15 Mar 2010 15:49 | TechnologyA new high-performance anode structure based on silicon-carbon nanocomposite materials could significantly improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries used in a wide range of applications…