University of Manchester - Archive (graphene)
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2020
18
December
2020
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19:52
Europe/London
Researchers from National Graphene Institute at The University of Manchester and University of Pennsylvania have identified ultrafast gas-flows through the tiniest holes in one-atom-thin membranes, in a study published in Science Advances.
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09
December
2020
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16:41
Europe/London
The 150-year-old mystery behind a natural phenomenon that is omnipresent in our world – and even helps children build sandcastles – has finally been solved by a team of scientists from The University of Manchester led by Nobel laureate and graphene p...
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04
December
2020
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19:00
Europe/London
An international research team led by Manchester has revealed a breakthrough method that could lead to autonomous robotic control and therefore precise fine tuning of the ‘twist’ between atom-thin 2D materials layers stacked in a superlattice structu...
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17
November
2020
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12:38
Europe/London
Manchester research associate Dr Matthew Hamer has won the Physical Science category of the Scopus Early Career Researcher (ECR) UK Awards 2020 for his work with graphene and other 2D materials.
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13
November
2020
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10:26
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A group of researchers led by Sir Andre Geim and Dr Alexey Berdyugin at The University of Manchester has discovered and characterised a new family of quasiparticles named ‘Brown-Zak fermions’ in graphene-based superlattices.
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07
November
2020
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09:46
Europe/London
Innovation leaders from The University of Manchester will be sharing their lab-to-market expertise at a global graphene forum as part of a busy international programme of events in November.
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26
October
2020
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12:17
Europe/London
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from The University of Manchester have developed a new graphene-based testing system for disease-related antibodies, initially targeting a kidney disease called membranous nephropathy.
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12
October
2020
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12:29
Europe/London
Graphene can play an important role in combating COVID-19, according to graphene pioneer and Nobel Prize winner Professor Kostya Novoselov.
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30
September
2020
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14:14
Europe/London
A Greater Manchester start-up company has launched the first of a range of products aimed at reducing wastage from vehicle tyres, supported by the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre’s (GEIC) ERDF Bridging the Gap programme at The University of Ma...
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01
September
2020
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10:56
Europe/London
A team of researchers at The University of Manchester has demonstrated that the surface properties of graphene can be used to control the structure of organic crystals obtained from solution.
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01
September
2020
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09:08
Europe/London
A start-up company based at The University of Manchester - AEH Innovative Hydrogel - has begun trials of a graphene-enhanced growth material that could revolutionise food production in the UK and overseas, reducing food miles and contributing to sust...
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25
August
2020
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09:02
Europe/London
A new graphene-based contactless payment system, developed in collaboration with the University of Manchester, has begun a restaurant pilot that could pave the way for the end of chip-and-PIN, cutting customer wait-time and reducing the risk of infec...
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12
August
2020
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16:00
Europe/London
An international research team led by The University of Manchester has revealed a nanomaterial that mirrors the “magic angle” effect originally found in a complex man-made structure known as twisted bilayer graphene – a key area of study in physics i...
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22
July
2020
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16:29
Europe/London
World-class research and innovation at the ‘Home of Graphene’ returns, as The University of Manchester reopens its facilities following the campus-wide closure of buildings in March.
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30
June
2020
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11:57
Europe/London
GKN Aerospace - one of the world’s leading suppliers of manufacturing to the aerospace industry - is the latest company to join the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) at The University of Manchester as a Tier 1 partner.
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19
June
2020
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10:33
Europe/London
Scientists and innovation experts from The University of Manchester have worked together to successfully develop a new, market-ready technology using 2D materials that could be a game-changer for the water filtration sector.
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18
June
2020
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12:14
Europe/London
New research on the two-dimensional (2D) material graphene has allowed researchers to create smart adaptive clothing which can lower the body temperature of the wearer in hot climates.
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03
June
2020
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15:37
Europe/London
A team of researchers based in Manchester, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland and the USA has published a new review on a field of computer device development known as spintronics, which could see graphene used as building block for next-...
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28
May
2020
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10:37
Europe/London
A team of researchers at the National Graphene Institute, have demonstrated that atomic lattices of slightly twisted 2D transition metal dichalcogenides undergo extensive lattice reconstruction, which can pattern their optoelectronic properties on na...
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26
May
2020
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10:43
Europe/London
Graphene@Manchester has helped set up a new, international taskforce to bring graphene and advanced materials to the forefront of tackling COVID-19.
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22
May
2020
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12:08
Europe/London
Highways England has again joined forces with graphene experts at The University of Manchester to deliver a new package of innovations.
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20
May
2020
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13:59
Europe/London
Nobel Prize-winner Professor Kostya Novoselov to give two online talks to share his insights and inspirations in his work with graphene at The University of Manchester.
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29
April
2020
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10:31
Europe/London
Rolls-Royce has selected The University of Manchester’s Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) and award-winning Versarien subsidiary 2-DTech Ltd to help develop the use of graphene and other 2D materials within next-generation aero engines.
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20
March
2020
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07:52
Europe/London
A day that not only saw a solar eclipse, Friday, 20 March 2015, marked the start of a materials revolution: the opening of the National Graphene Institute (NGI). Since it opened its doors the NGI has played host to some of the world’s most famous fac...
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12
March
2020
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08:10
Europe/London
New experiments by researchers at The University of Manchester have placed the best limits yet on impermeability of graphene and other two-dimensional materials to gases and liquids. The work has also revealed that the carbon sheet can act as a power...
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27
February
2020
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10:00
Europe/London
University of Manchester researchers have made a leap forward in overcoming one of the biggest problems in membrane technology- membrane fouling.
Membrane-based separations are essential for various processes, such as water filtration and oil and ...
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22
January
2020
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10:50
Europe/London
Advanced Materials were at the centre of the agenda for the Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, Chris Skidmore, last week during a thorough tour of The University of Manchester campus.
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10
January
2020
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15:30
Europe/London
Andy Burnham, Mayor for Greater Manchester, made a fact-finding tour of facilities that are pioneering graphene innovation at The University of Manchester.
The Mayor toured the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) which is an industry-fac...
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08
January
2020
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10:00
Europe/London
Researchers based at the National Graphene Institute at The University of Manchester have developed an innovative measurement method that allows, for the first time, the mapping of the energy levels of electrons in the conduction band of semiconducti...
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2019
20
December
2019
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19:00
Europe/London
Researchers at The University of Manchester have uncovered interesting phenomena when multiple two-dimensional materials are combined into van der Waals heterostructures (layered ‘sandwiches’ of different materials).
These heterostructures are som...
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