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UK-based startup Payper uses graphene for new pay-at-table technology for restaurants

UK-based startup Payper uses graphene for new pay-at-table technology for restaurants

UK-based start-up Payper Technologies is using graphene to provide the restaurant industry with a new pay-at-table technology.Graphene antennas are printed on paper to enable customers to pay their bill by tapping their smartphone on the receipt. The process is said...
First Graphene and planarTECH sign supply deal for personal protective equipment

First Graphene and planarTECH sign supply deal for personal protective equipment

First Graphene (FGR) has entered into a two-year supply agreement with planarTECH to supply materials for the manufacture of personal protective equipment (PPE).The companies reported that requirements of an initial testing phase have been met and planarTECH will now...
Researchers develop a novel graphene-vanadium flexible hybrid battery/supercapacitor

Researchers develop a novel graphene-vanadium flexible hybrid battery/supercapacitor

Researchers at the Graphene Integrated Functional Technologies (GIFT) Research Cluster at Queen’s University in Canada have developed a novel graphene-based flexible hybrid battery–supercapacitor device.The device consists of high specific surface area...
Graphene-enhanced color-changing flexible photonic crystals could be the key to next-gen smart sensors

Graphene-enhanced color-changing flexible photonic crystals could be the key to next-gen smart sensors

An international team of scientists, led by the Universities of Surrey and Sussex, has developed graphene-enhanced color-changing, flexible photonic crystals that could be used to develop sensors that warn when an earthquake might strike next.Optical images and...
Nanotech Energy concludes $27.5 Million funding round and announces non-flammable battery ready for commercialization

Nanotech Energy concludes $27.5 Million funding round and announces non-flammable battery ready for commercialization

Los Angeles-based Nanotech Energy has announced the official close of its Series C round of funding. This round was expected to close at $25 million, yet included an option to allow for an additional $2.5 million for a total of $27.5 million invested.“This round...

Graphene-enhanced carbon fiber could lead to affordable, stronger aerospace and automotive materials

A research team, which includes researchers from Penn State, the University of Virginia and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in collaboration with industry partners Solvay and Oshkosh, has found that adding small amounts of graphene to the production process of carbon...