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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...

Graphene/perovskite nanosensor detects nitrogen dioxide with 300% improved sensitivity

A research team led by Juan Casanova and Eduard Llobet from the Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica, Eléctrica y Automática at the Universitat Politècnica de València (URV), used graphene and perovskites to create a...
Russian scientists find that defects in graphene can significantly increase charge transfer rate

Russian scientists find that defects in graphene can significantly increase charge transfer rate

Scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Skoltech, and the Russian Academy of Sciences Joint Institute for High Temperatures have conducted a theoretical study of the effects of defects in graphene on electron transfer at the graphene-solution...
New graphene biosensor can detect SARS-CoV-2 in under a minute

New graphene biosensor can detect SARS-CoV-2 in under a minute

Korean researchers have developed a graphene-based field-effect transistor-based biosensor that detects SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swabs from patients with COVID-19, in less than one minute.Currently, most diagnostic tests for COVID-19 rely on a technique called...
Grolltex develops graphene-based sensor for Covid-19 detection

Grolltex develops graphene-based sensor for Covid-19 detection

Grolltex has teamed up with Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute to develop a graphene-based virus testing platform to help combat COVID-19. The project involves using hand held reader units and disposable plastic testing chips designed for U.S. points...

Graphene to enable tiny self-powered temperature sensors

A team of researchers from the University of Oxford, Delft University and IBM Zurich have demonstrated that graphene can be used to build sensitive and self-powering temperature sensors. The findings could pave the way for the design of highly sensitive thermocouples,...