Graphene Aerogel: Introduction and Market News - Page 6
Graphene foams can be used as conductive scaffolds for neural stem cell
A couple of weeks ago we reported about China's Zhejiang University's new sponge-like solid material (which they call Graphene Aerogel) made from freeze-dried carbon and graphene oxide. Now it seems that these foams may be used as conductive scaffolds for neural stem cells (NSCs).
Korean researchers already discovered that graphene sheets is better than glass for human neural stem cells growth - exhibiting a greater ratio of neurons to glial cells. Now Chinese researchers say that graphene foams coated with laminin (or other matrix proteins) could potentially serve not only as compatible neural housing but also as a means to control the tenants electrically.
Graphene Aerogel, the world's lightest material ever made
Researchers from China's Zhejiang University developed a new sponge-like solid material (which they call Graphene Aerogel) made from freeze-dried carbon and graphene oxide which they say is the lightest material ever made. It's so light it can be placed on the delicate petals of a cherry blossom:
Aerogel weighs just 01.6 milligrams per cubic centimeter, just twice the density of hyrdogen.