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Validation Service


The Graphene Flagship Validation Service provides a series of services to validate materials and production methods.

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Boosting confidence in graphene

The aim of the service is to provide confidence in graphene and related materials to enable a quicker transition of graphene products to market using authorised national measurement institutes and facilities world renowned for their excellence, independence, integrity and impartiality.  

Independent and impartial

The Graphene Flagship Validation Service is provided by authorised national measurement institutes and facilities renowned for their excellence, independence, integrity and impartiality. The National Physical Laboratory (UK), Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain) and Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d'Essais (France) offer a range of measurements from structural, mechanical, optical, thermal, electrical, magnetic, chemical and lifecycle of bulk composites; all in an independent and impartial manner. Clients receive a detailed report, which is specific to a validated sample and provides documentary evidence demonstrating selected characteristics.

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Meet the scientists behind the Graphene Flagship Validation Service.

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A world-class service

A world-class service

The Graphene Flagship Validation Reports have received outstanding customer feedback: over 90% of users would use it again and recommend it to a colleague. The Validation Service went from 23 requests in 2018 to 38 in 2019 across ten different Graphene Flagship Work Packages. We added four new services last year, to keep growing and meeting our users' needs.

Then National Physical Laboratory, UK; LNE, France; Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain provide the Graphene Flagship's validation services.