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Researchers design a new graphene/gold platform for terahertz nonlinear photonics

A German-Spanish research team recently developed a material system to generate terahertz pulses much more effectively than before. It is based on graphene, coated with a metallic lamellar structure.Some time ago, a team of experts working on the HZDR accelerator ELBE...

Sparc launches graphene sensor project to detect human and animal diseases

Sparc Technologies, which recently announced the acquisition of Australian company Graphene Technology Solutions (GTS) as well as its plan to become a “significant developer of graphene-based products that will disrupt and transform industrial markets”, has...

Researchers find that graphene can boost the nonlinear generation of light

An international research team, led by the University of Vienna, has shown that structures built around a single layer of graphene allow for strong optical nonlinearities that can convert light. The team achieved this by using nanometer-sized gold ribbons to squeeze...
International team develops novel method to modify the structure and properties of graphene

International team develops novel method to modify the structure and properties of graphene

An international research team, that included researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology in China, INRS in France and more, has demonstrated a novel process to modify the structure and properties of graphene. This process relied on a chemical reaction known...
Princeton researchers discover topological quantum states in ‘magic angle’ graphene

Princeton researchers discover topological quantum states in ‘magic angle’ graphene

Researchers from Princeton, in collaboration with the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan, have discovered that, under certain conditions, interacting electrons in ‘magic angle’ graphene can create topological quantum states. This finding may hold...
Graphene-based electrochemical sensor can detect COVID-19 in less than five minutes

Graphene-based electrochemical sensor can detect COVID-19 in less than five minutes

University of Illinois researchers have used graphene to develop a rapid, ultrasensitive test using a paper-based electrochemical sensor that can detect the presence of the virus in less than five minutes. “Currently, we are experiencing a once-in-a-century...