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Carbon Nanomaterials for Transport
Carbon nanomaterials, such as carbon nanotubes, nanofibres and graphene are becoming increasingly important in many applications including aerospace,…
Study rewrites the evolutionary history of C4 grasses
A new study overturns that hypothesis, presenting the first geological evidence that the ancestors of these and other C4 grasses emerged millions of years…
Graphene's strength lies in its defects
A significant obstacle to realizing graphene's potential lies in creating a surface large enough to support a theoretical sleeping cat. For now, material…
Scientists produce transparent, light-harvesting material
2010—Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory have fabricated transparent thin films…
Water Could Hold Answer to Graphene Nanoelectronics
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute developed a new method for using water to tune the band gap of the nanomaterial graphene, opening the door to…
University of Houston professor taking next step with graphene research
Graphene has several properties that make it different from literally everything else on Earth: it is the first two-dimensional material ever developed; the…