Graphene videos - Page 10

Bluestone Global Tech demonstrates their ultra-flexible Gratom-O graphene on PET:

Bluestone Global Tech released a new video showing a test of their Gratom-O product (a graphene film on PET). This flexible film's physical integrity and high conductivity remain completely in tact, even after 25,000 bending cycles:

Gratam-O is a large-area CVD graphene film on PET (it can also be transferred to customized substrates). It features low sheet resistance and high optical transmittance (over 97%).

Read the full story Posted: Jul 21,2013

BGT shows Powerbooster's graphene-based touch panels

Last month we posted about Shanghai's Powerbooster Technology and their graphene-based flexible touch-panels for mobile devices. The company is using Bluestone Global Tech's graphene to produce those panels. BGT now posted a nice video showing these touch panels in action:

According to Powerbooster, they are already producing and selling around two million touch panels each month, apparently to mid-sized Chinese smartphone makers. The first products will reach the market by the end of 2013.
Read the full story Posted: Jul 16,2013

New graphene based hyrogel reacts to light by curling

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley created a light-responsive hydrogel made from graphene and elastin-like proteins. When light (a laser) is shining on the gel, it curls inward rapidly. This property is called phototropism - plants use it to orient towards a light source. This material may be useful in robots, drug delivery and synthetic tissue engineering.

The idea behind the new material is that the graphene sheet generates heat when exposed to infrared light,. This causes the proteins to release the water the cling to when not heated.

Read the full story Posted: May 30,2013

Graphene used to create a transparent actuator

Korean researchers developed a transparent (84.5% transmittance) actuator that can be used to make movable elements for touch-screens and vari-focal lenses. The actuator is made from a dielectric elastomer layer sandwiched between two transparent and stretchable graphene electrodes (and a frame that links the materials to the substrate).

The researchers demonstrated how this actuator can be used in a tactile display. They also showed that the device can work even when stretched to 25% of its length.

Read the full story Posted: May 11,2013

Wanna make graphene-oxide at home? Here's how

Robert Murray-Smith posted a new video (with unsynchronized audio) showing how to make graphene-oxide at home. The basic idea is to start with a mix of sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid, add powdered graphite and stir it. Then you add permanganate and stir it for three days. Robert hasn't managed to actually isolate the graphene oxide, but he's working on that:

If anyone tries that himself, let us know the results...

Read the full story Posted: Apr 11,2013

ORNL researchers manage to document silicon atoms clusters "dancing" on a graphene sheet

Researchers from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) documented silicon atoms "dancing" on a graphene sheet using scanning transmission electron microscope. The researchers trapped the silicon atoms (clusters of six atoms) on a graphene sheet using pores in the sheet.

The researchers say that this is the first time silicon atoms were directly seen that way. Using a simple electron beam is not useful because energy is inserted into the cluster. The ability to analyze small clusters is important as this can help understand how different atomic configurations control a material's properties. It could also be used to practical applications in areas such as electronic and optoelectronic devices, as well as catalysis.

Read the full story Posted: Apr 04,2013

Vorbeck Materials's Vor-Ink video and photo

Back in October 2012 we reported that Vorbeck Materials completed their first capacity expansion step in their Jessup, MD facility (annual capacity is now over 40 tons) and they are still on track to build a new 42,000 square foot production facility in Pocomoke City, MD. Now the National Science Foundation (NSF) posted a hightlight on Vorbeck (who's supported by the NSF).

Vorbeck's Vor-ink graphene-based conductive ink for electronics is one of the first (if not the first) graphene product on the market. The Siren anti-theft packaging device, which uses their graphene-based Vor-Ink circuitry started shipping back in December 2011. Now the company posted a nice video - showing how Vor-Ink maintains its properties even after extreme crunching and bending (and washing)...

Read the full story Posted: Feb 17,2013