Graphene has drawn attention as a scientific curiosity owing to its record conductivities, strength and thermal properties.

McGill University engineers have developed ultra-thin materials that can move, fold, and reshape themselves, ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Soft robotics and biomedical devices are pioneering fields that aim to create machinery and tools that mimic the soft, flexible nature of human tissues. This is crucial because it ...

Graphene has long been hailed as a "wonder material." It is incredibly strong, highly conductive and almost impossibly ...

Researchers have found a new way to synthesize graphene oxide which has significantly fewer defects compared to materials produced by most common method. Similarly good graphene oxide could be ...

New findings reveal that organosulfate groups, not carboxyls, control graphene oxide's surface charge in water, challenging long-standing models and reshaping its chemical profile. (Nanowerk Spotlight ...

Graphene aerogel is a remarkable lightweight material that is both thermally insulating and electrically conductive. This makes it appealing for use in a wide variety of applications—from improved ...

Giant flakes make graphene oxide gel Soft Matter Funder U.S. National Science Foundation, the Air Force Research Lab, Welch Foundation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Colorado Renewable and ...

Graphene is composed of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice and has exceptional mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties due to a high surface area, chemical stability ...