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The world’s graphene and 2D materials community will gather in Porto, Portugal, from 21–25 September for Graphene Week 2026, the 21st edition of Europe’s leading conference dedicated to graphene and related two-dimensional materials. For the first time in its history, Graphene Week will take place in Portugal, bringing more than 400 researchers, industry leaders, entrepreneurs and students together with Portugal’s growing advanced materials ecosystem.

GRAPHERGIA is delighted to announce participation in Graphene Week 2026, marking it their third consecutive year. This year's programme will include a workshop co-organised with the ARMS project, an oral presentation, three poster presentations, and an exhibition featuring two of the project’s key demonstrators.

SIO Grafen, Graphene Flagship Partnering Project, has launched an updated version of its supplier guide for 2D materials, making it easier for Swedish companies and research organisations to identify the right suppliers in this rapidly developing field.

Amaia Zurutuza, Chief Scientific Officer at Graphene Flagship partner Graphenea shaes her thoughts on what truly defines high-quality graphene, why reproducibility matters more than peak performance, and how industrial customers should evaluate suppliers.

The Korea Carbon Nano Industry Association (KCANIA) celebrated its acceptance as the Graphene Flagship's first overseas Associate Member at the Global Graphene Commercialization Summit 2026 hosted by South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy at the Korea Science and Technology Centre in Seoul.

Sina Dörr, a PhD student at the University of Kassel, won the Impact Leader Award at Graphene Week 2025 in Vicenza, Italy. She now shares with us her thoughts on 2D materials and explains her research using transition metal dichalcogenides to improve raindrop triboelectric nanogenerators.

Twistronics pioneers honoured with the 2026 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience

After winning the Best Poster Award for Processing at Graphene Week 2025, Dmitriy Poteryayev from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, shares insights into his research, presentation experience and future ambitions. Read our interview with this promising early-career researcher.

STAND, a project to create a ‘Smart Sock’ to help detect and potentially prevent diabetic foot complications, has joined the Graphene Flagship.

The Graphene Flagship welcomes MORPHEUS, a new research project exploring new frontiers in hospital sensor technologies, to our fleet of two-dimensional materials (2D materials) projects.

Graphene Week 2025 impact leader Chenda Vong researches van der Waals heterostructures based on 2D transition-metal dichalcogenides at Sogang University. We asked her to share some insights on her research and future aspirations with the Graphene Flagship.

Graphene Flagship partner, the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, together with IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Metropolitana – Policlinico San Martino Hospital, has demonstrated that graphene oxide—used for the first time in the ophthalmic field—enhances the liquid artificial retina, increasing light sensitivity and recovery of visual function in advanced stages of retinitis pigmentosa. The study, published in Nature Communications, led to the restoration of electrical activity in the visual cortex, bringing this strategy closer to future clinical trials in humans.

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Where nanoscience meets sustainability: Alessandro Calza examines how graphene oxide can improve wastewater treatment through advanced simulations.