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Sucrose-Grown Graphene-Like Networks Make Nickel Composites Stronger and More Ductile

Researchers developed a method to grow multilayer graphene-like networks directly on nickel powder using sucrose and rapid thermal annealing, then consolidated the material by spark plasma sintering. Under selected processing conditions, the resulting nickel composites showed higher strength, hardness, and fracture elongation than pure nickel while retaining a well-bonded carbon network.

26 Oct 2026

Graphene Helps Degradable Elastomer Stretch 163% and Heat Rapidly Under Near-Infrared Light

Researchers developed a photocrosslinked PLCL-PEG-PLCL elastomer containing 2 wt% graphene that elongated by 163% before breaking and heated from 24.2 °C to 50.6 °C within 60 seconds under near-infrared light. The study also showed that network composition influenced elasticity, hydrolytic degradation, and structural failure, suggesting potential uses in flexible and wearable materials.

5 Oct 2026

Researchers Achieve Atomic Control Over Nanopore Geometry in White Graphene

A research team at the University of Vienna led by physicist Jani Kotakoski demonstrates how the shape of nanopores in hexagonal boron nitride - the electrically insulating counterpart to graphene, also known as "white graphene" - can be precisely controlled at the atomic level. Electron irradiation in ultra-high vacuum creates circular pores, while adding small amounts of oxygen yields triangular pores. The nanopore engineering presented in the journal Nature Communications thus unlocks new applications in filtration, DNA sequencing, catalysis, and quantum technologies.

10 Sep 2026

Kekulé Pairing Offers a New Explanation for Superconductivity in Twisted Graphene

Researchers developed a microscopic theory in which intra-valley, finite-momentum pair-density waves generate the Kekulé patterns observed in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene. The model links spin-triplet pairing, electronic nematicity, and Bogoliubov Fermi surfaces to key experimental signatures of unconventional superconductivity.

12 Jul 2026

Scientists Turn Pine Resin-Derived Rosin Into High-Quality Bulk Graphite

Researchers converted pine resin-derived rosin into a thermoplastic, mesophase-forming pitch that can be graphitized into high-quality bulk graphite. The study shows how molecular restructuring of renewable terpenes could reduce reliance on fossil-derived pitch for graphite manufacturing.

2 Jul 2026

OCSiAl to Supply Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes to PowerCo’s Salzgitter Facility

OCSiAl, the global leader in the industrial production of single wall carbon nanotubes, has been named as a supplier to PowerCo, the battery manufacturing subsidiary of Volkswagen Group, for its Unified Cell battery platform.

From OCSiAl 27 Jun 2026

AI Enters the Quantum Materials Lab and Builds a Graphene Transistor

Qumus is a physically embodied, multi-agent AI system that autonomously plans, executes, analyzes, and refines quantum-materials experiments inside a robotic minilab.

25 May 2026

New Insights Give Copper Catalysts a Boost as a Cheaper Alternative to Platinum

Platinum is often used as a catalyst to speed up industrial electrochemical reactions, such as those involved in wastewater treatment and in fuel cells for power generation.

31 Mar 2026

Shell Shock! Peanut Waste Can be Turned into High-Quality Futuristic Graphene

UNSW Sydney engineers have developed a cheaper and greener way to make graphene from leftover peanut shells.

26 Feb 2026

2D Materials in Manufacturing: Industry Invited to Discover the Future of Composites at the GEIC

The University of Manchester’s Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) invites industry professionals to a one-day, in-person event exploring how graphene and other 2D materials are transforming manufacturing.

From Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) 19 Dec 2025

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