Scientists are developing an entirely new generation of ultrathin materials such as graphene and germanene, whose photonic properties promise a new frontier of components and devices. graphene...

A one-carbon-atom-thick sheet of graphene has transformed a passive device into an active one that generates microwave photonic signals and performs parametric wavelength conversion at...

Scientists at Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) have developed light detectors composed of graphene, demonstrating how remarkably fast the material converts light pulses into electrical...

Researchers now can tune graphene’s electrical properties by growing it on different surfaces, a discovery that could bring the mass production of graphene-based nanoelectronics one step closer to...

The world’s thinnest balloon is just one atom thick. Developed by researchers at Cornell University, this balloon is made of a single layer of graphite and it is impermeable to even the tiniest...

graphene has been found to be an excellent host for guiding, confining and electrically manipulating light, two independent studies report. These properties are desirable for plasmonic devices, which...

Rutgers researchers have discovered novel electronic properties in two-dimensional sheets of carbon atoms called graphene that could one day be the heart of speedy and powerful electronic devices....

Two-dimensional materials such as graphene, as well as composite materials such as the layered semiconductor germanium selenium, could have a big impact on myriad applications. Composite...

The little black dress has taken on a very different look thanks to the Nobel Prize-winning “miracle material” called graphene, which is known for its extraordinary optoelectronic...

Controlling the way light is scattered in graphene has been achieved, providing a new tool for the study of these single sheets of carbon that may lead to practical applications for controlling light...

An international research team has discovered a new mechanism for ultra-efficient charge and energy flow in pristine graphene. The team was co-led by professor Nathaniel Gabor from the University of...

Scientists at Rice University; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT Knoxville); and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) used a small, visible beam mounted to a scanning electron microscope...

Researchers have developed a technique that allows them to speed up or slow down human heart cells, on command, by shining a light on the cells and varying the light intensity. The optical...

Treating inkjet-printed, multilayer graphene electric circuits and electrodes with a pulsed-laser process improves electrical conductivity of the graphene without damaging paper, polymers or other...

A microscopic cloak made of graphene could change the way bacteria and other cells are imaged. Vikas Berry of Kansas State University and his research team are wrapping bacteria with graphene...

graphene-based photodetectors can efficiently convert IR light into electrical signals, three independent studies have reported. The work “makes it very likely that graphene will soon replace...

graphene-based photodetectors can efficiently convert IR light into electrical signals, three independent studies have reported. The work “makes it very likely that graphene will soon replace...

Researchers from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), with domestic and international collaborators, demonstrated direct near-field optical imaging of acoustic graphene plasmon...

graphene Flagship partners developed a graphene-titania composite via a one-step procedure to widen and improve the applicability of “smog-eating” cement. The prepared composite showed...

Researchers at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) combined pulsed-interleaved MINFLUX (pMINFLUX) nanoscopy with a newly developed method for axial resolution that exploits the special...