Graphene made from tires makes concrete stronger

A "flash" process turns old rubber tires into graphene. That graphene can make concrete stronger and reduce carbon emissions, a new study shows.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
March 30, 2021 ~5 min

Engineering the boundary between 2D and 3D materials

Cutting-edge microscope helps reveal ways to control the electronic properties of atomically thin materials.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 26, 2021 ~8 min


Graphene could one day be used to make quick, reliable tests for viruses like SARS-CoV-2

Graphene based COVID tests are quick and robust.

Luigi G. Occhipinti, Director of Research in Graphene and Related Technologies, University of Cambridge • conversation
Feb. 16, 2021 ~8 min

Physicists discover important new property for graphene

Unconventional form of ferroelectricity could impact next-generation computing.

Elizabeth Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
Feb. 8, 2021 ~8 min

Harvard scientist create trilayer graphene superconductor

Harvard scientists create a trilayer graphene superconductor, opening the door for continued advancements in graphene-based superconductivity.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Feb. 8, 2021 ~5 min

‘Magnetic graphene’ forms a new kind of magnetism

Researchers have identified a new form of magnetism in so-called magnetic graphene, which could point the way toward understanding superconductivity in this

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 8, 2021 ~7 min

Physicists create tunable superconductivity in twisted graphene “nanosandwich”

Structure may reveal conditions needed for high-temperature superconductivity.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 1, 2021 ~8 min

Soap simplifies making 2D nanosheets

Just a little soap helps clean up the challenging process of preparing two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), chemists report.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
Jan. 28, 2021 ~5 min


Atlas shows off 466 carbon nanotube colors

New research maps out a huge number of carbon nanotube colors. "Carbon, which we see as black, can appear transparent or take on any color of the rainbow."

Jade Boyd-Rice • futurity
Dec. 15, 2020 ~8 min

Researchers decipher structure of promising battery materials

Family of compounds could someday be useful for fuel cells, supercapacitors, catalysts, and sensors.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 23, 2020 ~6 min

/

10