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GRAPHERGIA, the Horizon Europe project developing graphene-based solutions for energy harvesting and storage, has returned from Graphene Week 2026, organised by the Graphene Flagship, with two poster awards. Graphene Week is Europe’s leading gathering for the graphene research community, bringing together scientists, engineers and industry to share the latest advances in the field and, this year, two posters presenting GRAPHERGIA’s work stood out among the competition.

Graphene Flagship partner BeDimensional has partnered with Dermacolor to bring two-dimensional materials into leather manufacturing, demonstrating how advanced materials can improve performance in one of Europe's most established industrial sectors.

Four-year Horizon Europe project will develop flexible, durable and circular e-textiles combining advanced materials, scalable manufacturing and user-centred design

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.