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CityU researchers develop anti-bacterial graphene face masks

CityU researchers develop anti-bacterial graphene face masks

A research team from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has announced the production of graphene masks with a reported anti-bacterial efficiency of 80%, which can be enhanced to almost 100% with exposure to sunlight for around 10 minutes.CityU’s...
Health-tech startup Bonbouton launches GO-enhanced protective face masks

Health-tech startup Bonbouton launches GO-enhanced protective face masks

As part of the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers continue innovating and investigating improvements in personal protective technology, such as nanotechnology for safer masks. One of the companies involved in this quest is a firm called Bonbouton,...

Graphene oxide sensor platform to detect infections within minutes

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM have joined forces with partners in industry and healthcare to develop a graphene oxide based sensor platform to detect acute infections such as sepsis or the antibodies against the...
Zen Graphene Solutions moves forward with applying its virucidal graphene ink in PPE applications

Zen Graphene Solutions moves forward with applying its virucidal graphene ink in PPE applications

ZEN Graphene Solutions has announced it has commenced collaborations with research teams at a number of personal protective equipment (PPE) manufacturers to incorporate ZEN’s virucidal graphene ink into commercial products, including masks, gloves, gowns and...
Cambridge Raman Imaging raises €250,000 to help commercialize its graphene-enabled scanning Raman microscope

Cambridge Raman Imaging raises €250,000 to help commercialize its graphene-enabled scanning Raman microscope

Cambridge Raman Imaging Limited (CRIL), a Frontier IP Group portfolio firm, has raised £250,000 to help commercialize its graphene-enabled scanning Raman microscope.Cambridge Raman, a spin-out from the University of Cambridge, is jointly developing the...
Rice University team aims to improve wastewater treatment using nanospheres wrapped in graphene oxide

Rice University team aims to improve wastewater treatment using nanospheres wrapped in graphene oxide

Researchers at Rice University design a “shield” made of graphene oxide, that helps particles destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria and free-floating antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater treatment plants.The labs of Rice environmental scientist Pedro...