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Graphene Week sees launch of Women in Graphene


Graphene Week 2015 saw the launch of Women in Graphene, a support network for women in graphene and related 2d materials research. As in other areas of science and engineering, women make up significant proportion of the 2d materials workforce, but they face a number of gender-specific barriers to career progression.

By Francis Sedgemore / 08 July 2015
Graphene Week / Research / Innovation

Graphene Week 2015 publishing 2d materials research


Two of the fringe sessions at the recent conference in Manchester were devoted to the publishing of scientific research. The first of these was organised by Institute of Physics Publishing, which produces a number of academic journals, other periodicals and books. Another session was hosted by editors from Nature Publishing Group, responsible for Nature and a large number of thematic journals, some of which are used extensively by graphene researchers.

By Francis Sedgemore / 07 July 2015
Graphene Week 2015
Graphene Week / Collaboration / Exhibition

Graphene Week 2015 looking forward to the next one


Graphene Week 2015 has drawn to a close after a hugely successful conference in Manchester. More than 600 delegates at the Graphene Flagship event last week presented and discussed a mass of outstanding science and engineering research results, and took part in a number of fringe sessions, including a BBC World Service panel discussion and an open forum. They also enjoyed the premiere of Graphene Suite – a musical composition by the National Graphene Institute’s composer-in-residence.

By Francis Sedgemore / 01 July 2015
Industry / Innovation / Sensors

Bosch breakthrough in graphene sensor technology


Graphene Week 2015 is awash with outstanding research results, but one presentation has created quite a stir at this Graphene Flagship conference. To a stunned audience, Robert Roelver of Stuttgart-based engineering firm Bosch reported on Thursday that company researchers, together with scientists at the Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research, have created a graphene-based magnetic sensor 100 times more sensitive than an equivalent device based on silicon.

By Francis Sedgemore / 26 June 2015
Graphene Week / Exhibition / Collaboration

Graphene Suite – where art meets materials science


At Graphene Week 2015 in Manchester yesterday, delegates and others were treated to the premiere of a musical suite by Sara Lowes, composer-in-residence at the National Graphene Institute. Sara’s Graphene Suite was commissioned by Brighter Sound, a Manchester-based producer of creative music projects and other cultural events.

By Francis Sedgemore / 26 June 2015
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Graphene Week / Our project / Exhibition

Graphene Focus 2015 the journey so far


In the previous article, we looked at keynote presentations from the first day of Graphene Week 2015 in Manchester. Here we report on Graphene Focus, an open forum to which researchers, industrialists and the general public were invited to contribute questions. Graphene Focus is but one of many ways in which the Graphene Flagship makes itself accountable to the world beyond the research community, industry and the political establishment.

By Francis Sedgemore / 24 June 2015
Graphene Week / Research / Collaboration

Graphene Week 2015 back to where it all started


Graphene Week is the centrepiece of the Graphene Flagship calendar, and this year the conference takes place at the University of Manchester in northern England. The city of Manchester, renowned the world over as a centre of trade, technology and innovation, is home to the UK’s National Graphene Institute. It is also the research base of Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov, the lauded scientists who in 2010 won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneering work on the properties of graphene.

By Francis Sedgemore / 23 June 2015
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Our project / Innovation / Collaboration

The journey so far annual report 2013 – 2014


Launched in October 2013, the Graphene Flagship has now been sailing for a little over a year. Much has been achieved in this short time, yet we are only a tenth of the way on a voyage that we hope will take graphene and related materials from academic laboratories into society.

By Graphene Flagship / 04 June 2015
Research / Health / Biomedical

Graphene oxide biodegrades with help of human enzymes


Graphene Flagship researchers show how graphene oxide suspended in water biodegrades in a reaction catalysed by a human enzyme, with the effectiveness of the breakdown dependent on the colloidal stability of the suspension. ​The study should guide the development of graphene-based biomedical applications.

By Francis Sedgemore / 01 June 2015
Research / Spintronics / Materials

Graphene spintronics – from science to technology


Electronics is based on the manipulation of electrons and other charge carriers, but in addition to charge, electrons possess a property known as spin. When spin is manipulated with magnetic and electric fields, the result is a spin-polarised current that carries more information than is possible with charge alone. Spin-transport electronics, or spintronics, is a subject of active investigation within Europe’s Graphene Flagship.

By Francis Sedgemore / 15 May 2015
Research / Telecom / Electronics

Ultrafast photodetectors with graphene


Scientists affiliated with Europe’s Graphene Flagship develop a photodetector that converts incident light into electrical signals on femtosecond timescales, enabling ultrafast operation speeds for electronic circuits in optical communications and various other applications.

By Francis Sedgemore / 14 April 2015