Plastic from old trucks becomes graphene for new cars

Flash Joule heating can turn plastic from end-of-life trucks into graphene for new vehicles, say researchers.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
June 13, 2022 ~8 min

Bumpy surfaces may give 2D materials new tricks

New models show the unique properties that result from stressing 2D materials with contoured substrates.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
June 9, 2022 ~5 min


A little twist adds magnetic complexity

A way to create a more complex magnetic moment arrangement in chromium triiodide allows the material to store more information.

Morgan Sherburne-Michigan • futurity
Dec. 7, 2021 ~7 min

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

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

Wildly thin histamine sensors spot fish gone foul

"This histamine sensor is not only for fish. Bacteria in food produce histamine. So it can be a good indicator of the shelf life of food."

Mike Krapfl-Iowa State • futurity
June 29, 2020 ~6 min

Two walls may beat one for solar-panel nanotubes

New research on Russian doll-like nanotubes could pave the way for their use in solar panels.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
March 30, 2020 ~4 min


Little beam on a microscope makes laser-induced graphene

A new approach (and a smaller laser) lets scientists shrink laser-induced graphene for flexible electronics.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
Feb. 25, 2020 ~4 min

Team turns banana peels and other trash into ‘flash graphene’

A new method turns just about any kind of carbon-based trash, from banana peels to coffee grounds, into "flash graphene" to make building materials greener.

Jeff Falk-Rice • futurity
Jan. 28, 2020 ~7 min

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