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Spotlight: Graphene for space, batteries and water splitting with Meganne Christian
From satellite heat pipes to advanced technologies for Antarctic research, Meganne Christian works on projects and ideas to bring graphene to extreme environments.

Graphene Flagship content on scam website
The Graphene Flagship has been made aware of a company/group editing the project's digital content to make it look like their own.

Graphene Standardisation workshop sparks discussion
The first workshop in the series “Graphene from the buyer’s perspective – the powers of standardisation,” held on 19 February 2021 and organised by the Graphene Flagship Standardisation team from Work Package Industrialisation, focused on one specific material group: powders, dispersions and composites.

Graphene-based innovations for smart homes
Welcome to the home of the future.

Diversity in Graphene Career Event 2021 flourishes online
Ten invited speakers discuss career choices, equality at work initiatives and successful strategies to network efficiently from home

Grapheal raises €1.9 million to develop biosensors and fast digital COVID tests
Graphene Flagship Associate Member Grapheal receives investment for clinical studies to validate their technologies and accelerate time-to-market.

Layered materials grant sight to electronic chips
Chip based on layered materials serves as both an image sensor and a neural network, classifying images a thousand times faster than conventional machine-vision systems

Graphene sensors read low-frequency neural waves associated with distinct brain states
A biocompatible implant based on graphene safely measures and predicts brain states.

Molecular bridges power up printed electronics
Graphene Flagship researchers boost the efficiency of conductive inks and devices connecting layered materials flakes with small molecules

Terahertz imaging of graphene paves the way to industrialisation
Graphene Flagship researchers have developed a new measurement standard for the analysis of graphene and layered materials that could accelerate production and optimise device fabrication.

Promoting workplace equality in materials science
To help ensure equal and inclusive work conditions in STEM, the Graphene Flagship is holding a career event as part of its Diversity in Graphene programme.

Spotlight: The bigger picture of European research with Ana Helman
Meet Ana Helman, who works at the interface between the Graphene Flagship Core Project and other national and international research initiatives.

TAILSPIN engineers switchable graphene nanoribbons
Researchers from FLAG-ERA’s TAILSPIN project ‘take a dip’ in the quantum world and push ahead with low-power transistors based on semiconducting graphene nanoribbons

Graphene for foam and coating applications
Based at Technische Universität Dresden, Ali Shaygan Nia is a business developer for graphene-based coatings and composites for environmental applications such as air and water purification and anticorrosion coatings. Shaygan Nia has a PhD in polymer chemistry and more than six years’ experience developing graphene and 2D materials for composites and coatings. He also has experience on graphene-based product development and commercialisation by acting as application engineer at the Graphene Flagship's spin-off Sixonia Tech. Shaygan Nia now offers his thoughts on the current state of graphene in foam and coating applications.