An easy way to see the world's thinnest material

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 23, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (10) | 1

It's been used to dye the Chicago River green on St. Patrick's Day. It's been used to find latent blood stains at crime scenes. And now researchers at Northwestern University have used it to examine the thinnest material ...

Researcher Uses Graphene Quilts to Keep Things Cool

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 21, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (17) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Riverside Professor of Electrical Engineering and Chair of Materials Science and Engineering Alexander Balandin is leading several projects to explore ways to use ...

Graphite oxide at high pressure opens a road to new amazing nano-materials

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 21, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- New results by scientists at Umeľ University, Sweden, show that not only water but also alcohol solvents can be inserted to expand the structure of graphite oxide under high pressure conditions. The ...