Sentences with phrase «called graphene»

Oh yes, the smartphone this time around would be curved out of a compound called Graphene Oxide and a Liquid Metal 2.0 structural frame.

The researchers» new material, titanium dioxide crystals attached to a thin carbon sheet called graphene, is incorporated into the battery's negative electrode.

To truly understand the significance of the team's findings, it's instrumental to understand the nature of two - dimensional (2 - D) materials, and for that one must go back to 2010 when the world of 2 - D materials was dominated by a simple thin sheet of carbon, a layered form of carbon atoms constructed to resemble honeycomb, called graphene.

His team uses lasers to convert carbon in the very topmost layer of different items into an incredibly useful material called graphene (GRAA - feen).

Over the last few years, you'd struggle to have not at least heard mention of an extremely strong, one - atom thick material called graphene.

«The discovery of graphene is but a continuing evolution on how we analyze, treat, synthesize carbon based nanomaterials which includes the fullerenes, nanotubes, and now C polymorph platelets called graphene,» explains Dr. Advincula.

Things changed in 2004, when Charles Kane, a theoretical physicist at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, was studying sheets of carbon called graphene.

To do this, they anchored two - dimensional strips of carbon atoms — so - called graphene nanoribbons — to a sharp tip and dragged them across a gold surface.

Flat layers of carbon, one - atom thick, are called graphene.

Called graphene, it is essentially a nanotube unrolled — a single layer of atoms arranged like a honeycomb.

By June Streich was celebrating an additional $ 50,000 victory at a state business - plan competition for a nanotech start - up called Graphene Solutions, which he had cofounded with Hamilton.

In addition, a magnetic field near a two - dimensional ribbon of carbon — called a graphene nanoribbon — affects the current flowing through the ribbon.

People might purify irradiated water using a substance called graphene oxide, and they could grow food using aquaponics systems that cycle nutrients between plants and fish.

«Most of the companies are selling stuff that I wouldn't even call graphene,» says Coleman.

The define themselves as a applied process technology - what we call a graphene application developer, focused on the flexible electronics market.

Not exact matches

The researchers used an advanced simulation method called molecular dynamics to demonstrate thermal rectification in structures called «asymmetric graphene nanoribbons.»

Ultimately, the model could be applied to semiconductors used as high - efficiency thermoelectrics, and to graphene nanoribbons used as heat sinks for so - called ultra large scale integration devices, such as computer microprocessors.

While Boyd took the call, he unintentionally let a copper foil heat for longer than usual before exposing it to methane vapor, which provides the carbon atoms needed for graphene growth.

The Penn State researchers use a different, more scalable method, called chemical vapor deposition, to deposit a single layer of crystalline WSe2 on top of a few layers of epitaxial graphene that is grown from silicon carbide.

This process, called sonication, is how CNI is able to scale up production of graphene to meet the research and development demands of the W - TENG and other nanomaterial inventions in development.

«We can call these materials magnetic Van der Waals materials or magnetic graphene: they are magnetic and they have easy - to - cleave Van der Waals bonds between layers.

The method is called «3D Structure Identification of Nanoparticles by Graphene Liquid Cell EM (SINGLE)» and it exceeds previous techniques by combining three recently developed components.

With an initial 30 - month budget of EUR 54 million, the GRAPHENE consortium will grow to include another 20 - 30 groups through an open call for project proposals in November, worth up to a total of EUR 9 million.

The material — known as 1T» - WTe2 — bridges two flourishing fields of research: that of so - called 2 - D materials, which include monolayer materials such as graphene that behave in different ways than their thicker forms; and topological materials, in which electrons can zip around in predictable ways with next to no resistance and regardless of defects that would ordinarily impede their movement.

To excite and image the ultra-slow ripples of light in the graphene (also called plasmons), the researchers used a special antenna for light that scans over the surface at a distance of a few nanometers.

They applied a magnetic field to graphene and observed that its resistance (the drag on a current) increased in a stepwise pattern called the quantum Hall effect.

With the discovery, the material that the researchers call «metal oxide - laser induced graphene» (MO - LIG) becomes a new candidate to replace expensive metals like platinum in catalytic fuel - cell applications in which oxygen and hydrogen are converted to water and electricity.

Other groups have shown that graphene oxide can be made moisture responsive through a chemical reaction called reduction, which removes oxygen from molecules.

Under a microscope, what the researchers call laser - induced graphene (LIG) doesn't look like a perfect chicken wire - like grid of atoms.

This is based on the exceptionally high lubricity — or so - called superlubricity — of modified carbon in the form of graphene.

The researchers in Jonathan Claussen's lab at Iowa State University (who like to call themselves nanoengineers) have been looking for ways to use graphene and its amazing properties in their sensors and other technologies.

IBS scientists used a reaction based on lithium dissolved in ammonia, called the «Birch - type reaction,» to introduce hydrogen onto graphene through the formation of C - H bonds.

These rings form because of so - called aromaticity, which is well understood in carbon - containing molecules such as benzene, as well as in graphene.

Stein and Amadei first used a common technique called the Hummers» method to separate graphite flakes into individual layers of graphene oxide.

This so - called beta - GeSe compound has a ring type structure like graphene and its monolayer form could have similarly valuable properties for electronic applications, according to the study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Using a technique called electron - back scatter diffraction (EBSD), we were also able to determine how these different catalyst grains were oriented and relate this to the shapes and growth rates of the graphene domains.»

A form of the material called laser - induced graphene (LIG) has previously been found to be antibacterial, and now the team has found that those properties can be kick up a notch by adding a few volts of electricity.

For the intrinsic defects, the researchers used a process called «atomic layer deposition,» placing the graphene membrane in a vacuum chamber, then pulsing in a hafnium - containing chemical that does not normally interact with graphene.

Other nanomaterials have distinct qualities that have led researchers to call them by other non-nano prefix names, such as quantum dots or graphene.

The UK launched a new project called Gravia that aims to investigate the feasibility of producing graphene - based encapsulation films for next generation flexible OLED lighting and display products.

Researchers from Yonsei University managed to use a graphene - like 2D material called Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2) to create a transistor that can drive flexible OLED displays.

Another production method is called chemical vapor deposition, or CVD, and that's where scientists take a gas of hydrocarbons along with a metal catalyst and are able to remove the hydrogen atoms from the hydrocarbon, then keep only the carbon atoms and then hopefully these carbon atoms kind of arrange themselves side by side into this graphene lattice form.

And then the third major production type is called epitaxial graphene.

According to Reuters, the new California - based company, called Fisker Inc., will launch next year and be joined by Fisker Nanotech, which will be a subsidiary company to supply a battery that «uses graphene to extend its range and life and reduce charging time.»

However, the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) is said to have developed a new battery material called «Graphene Ball.»