Researchers Uncover Faster Way To Make Graphene
A team of researchers at the University of Exeter's Centre for Graphene Science have recently developed a new method for producing graphene.
Their new method could prove to be easier and cheaper than those methods which are used currently. The researchers revealed their recent findings in the journal 2D Materials, and they say that their aim was to develop a much simpler production process for the material, as well they wanted to increase the variety and range of surfaces that the material can be placed on.
When it comes to producing graphene, there are a number of steps that are involved. There is the growth stage, the transfer stage, and there's patterning. But there isn't only one way to go about trying to produce it either, there are a number of ways that you can approach trying to make it. There are even do-it-yourself methods that are easy enough for almost anyone to try, using just a pencil and regular tape. But when it comes to making mass quantities of the stuff, it's alleged to be impressively inefficient.
Another scientist, David Boyd from Caltech, just last year also claimed that he discovered a newer and faster way to go about producing mass quantities of graphene for the market.
If it can be demonstrated that either methods of graphene production will work just as well at the commercial scale as it did for the researchers in their lab, then it could really help to pave the way for a quick boost in graphene production in the market around the world. This material is well poised to drastically change the world and many of the everyday products around us.
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http://www.graphene-battery.net/graphene.htm
https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/handle/10871/24588
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/graphene-production-method/
http://www.thelatestnews.com/why-is-graphene-so-special/
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a14651/this-scientist-invented-a-simply-way-to-mass-produce-graphene/
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Is something "news" if it was done over 1 year ago? I don't think so... News at the time, yes, but after a period of time, it stops being "news" to be new in time, because time moves on and the information becomes "old news", but not "news". EDIT: I was going by the sources that listed 2015 and Feb2016 dates, since no date was mentioned for the "new" research. I found the actual paper here: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2053-1583/4/1/011010/meta which is news indeed, from December this year.
The part that mentioned something that happened a year ago is a second story within this article. The top part of it discusses something that happened last week.
Upon further searching, I did find an article similar to this one from the same lab from June 2015. Is that what you're talking about?
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_458057_en.html
I added an edit to the original comment, and I found the date of this study, Dec7th: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2053-1583/4/1/011010/meta
I hope this faster way translates to cheaper so brings down the cost and more and better use.