Technical Articles
REALIZING GRAPHENE’S FULL POTENTIAL
Four Properties Are Critical to Unleashing this Super Material By Liam Critchley* (chemistry and nanotechnology writer) Graphene has been hailed as the ‘wonder material’ that will soon disrupt industries and usher [...]
Why Graphene Should Replace Copper in Electrical Transmission Applications
By Liam Critchley (chemistry and nanotechnology writer) As the world transitions to new and renewable energy sources, the discussion of how to connect these new energy sources to the electric grid and [...]
How High-Quality Graphene Benefits Electric Aircraft Applications
By Liam Critchley (chemistry and nanotechnology writer) Electric vehicles (EVs) have become an increasingly important topic in recent years as manufacturers and consumers try to offset vehicle carbon emissions by switching to [...]
What Are Van Der Waals Forces and Why Are They Important For Graphene?
By Liam Critchley (chemistry and nanotechnology writer) Graphite is a stack of millions of layers of graphene held together by invisible electrostatic attraction called “van der Waals forces”. Avadain’s electrochemical exfoliation process [...]
Large, Thin and Nearly Defect Free Graphene Flakes Bring Enhanced Strength and Durability to Polymer Composites
By Liam Critchley (chemistry and nanotechnology writer) Graphene is often referred to as the ‘miracle material’ due to its vast range of fantastic properties. These properties have elevated graphene above other additive [...]
GRAPHENE: A NEW EMERGING LUBRICANT
By: Dr. Akanksha Urade (Graphene & 2D Materials Science Writer) Graphene is increasingly being used as an additive to transform a growing number of products in practically every industry. In this article, [...]
What Industries Have an Immediate Need for High Quality Defect-Free Graphene Flakes
By Akanksha Urade, Ph.D. Scholar at IIT Roorkee and Graphene & 2D Materials Science Writer To fully realize the potential of graphene to transform numerous industries, widespread availability of defect-free graphene flakes [...]
Can Pristine Graphene Flakes Be Used for Energy Storage?
By: Akanksha Urade (Ph.D. Scholar at IIT Roorkee and Graphene & 2D Materials Science Writer) Imagine having a smartphone that could recharge in only ten minutes and last more than a week. Unfortunately, [...]
Why does graphene’s incredible tensile strength begin at ~30 microns in lateral flake….?
By: Akanksha Urade (Ph.D. Scholar at IIT Roorkee and Graphene & 2D Materials Science Writer) The lateral size and dispersibility of graphene are essential to the performance of graphene-polymer composite materials. For [...]
Can Pristine Graphene Flakes be Used for Water Purification?
By Akanksha Urade, Ph.D. Scholar at IIT Roorkee and Graphene & 2D Materials Science Writer Water pollution has become more severe since the industrial revolution due to the [...]
Unravelling the Potential of Pristine Graphene Flakes: Comparison with Graphene Oxide
Unravelling the Potential of Pristine Graphene Flakes: Comparison with Graphene Oxide By Akanksha Urade, Ph.D. Scholar at IIT Roorkee and Graphene & 2D Materials Science Writer Graphene has been called the "wonder [...]