The intrinsic hydrophobicity of graphitic surfaces and the recent claim of wetting transparency of supported graphene are being questioned. In this focus issue we highlight the latest developments ...

ship building, durable wind turbine blades and low-cost housing. It could also boost the farming economies of countries such as Bangladesh, India, and China – where the jute material is mainly ...

Wiltshire with graphene-enhanced 'Concretene', removing 30% of material and all steel reinforcement. Depending on the size of onward projects, Nationwide Engineering estimates a 10-20% saving to its ...

Nanocarbon materials serve as the fundamental building blocks for a wide range of advanced carbon nanomaterials and nanostructures. Carbon allotropes derived from synthetic process. (Image: Carbon, ...

Takashi Taniguchi at Japan's National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS). The findings are published in the journal Nano Letters. Bilayer graphene, comprising two vertically stacked graphene ...