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Graphene enables clock rates in the terahertz range
Graphene - an ultrathin material consisting of a single layer of interlinked carbon atoms - is considered a promising candidate for the...
Sep 10, 20184 min read


Watching two-dimensional materials grow
They are among the thinnest structures on earth: "two dimensional materials" are crystals which consist of only one or a few layers of...
Aug 29, 20183 min read


Carbon in color: First-ever colored thin films of nanotubes created
Single-walled carbon nanotubes, or sheets of one atom-thick layers of graphene rolled up into different sizes and shapes, have found many...
Aug 28, 20182 min read


Researchers reveal the growth of graphene near polycrystalline substrate grain boundaries
In a paper published in NANO, a team of researchers from the Laboratory of Graphene Mechanics (LogM), Zhejiang University has shown how...
Aug 27, 20182 min read


A human enzyme can biodegrade graphene
Myeloperoxidase - an enzyme naturally found in our lungs - can biodegrade pristine graphene, according to the latest discovery of...
Aug 23, 20183 min read


A materials scientist's dream come true
In the 1940s, scientists first explained how materials can deform plastically by atomic-scale line defects called dislocations. These...
Aug 21, 20183 min read
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