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Prof. Antonio H. Castro Neto is awarded the Hsun Lee Award

Posted: Tue, 18/06/2013 - 11:21am

Prof. Antonio H. Castro Neto is awarded the Hsun Lee Award by the Institute of Material Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) in Shenyang, China.

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Next-generation solar cells from graphene

Posted: Tue, 18/06/2013 - 11:19am

NUS Newshub reports:

"Longer-lasting and better - the next-generation solar cells and optoelectronic devices will tout these properties and more when created from a combination of graphene and other one-atom thick materials, reported a group of scientists from the University of Manchester and NUS.

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Graphene's Magnetic Properties Can Now Be Controlled

Posted: Mon, 17/06/2013 - 3:10pm

In the Science World Report:

"In a breakthrough for possible futuristic atom-scale spintronic transistors, wonder material graphene can actually be made magnetic and importantly, its magnetism switched on and off at the press of a button. This opens up a new avenue towards electronics with very low energy consumption, according to scientists announcing the discovery.

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Graphene Brazil 2013

Posted: Tue, 11/06/2013 - 2:35pm

Graphene Brazil 2013 will be the 2nd edition of a series of conferences that aim to cover aspects related to the science and applications of graphene. The first Graphene Brazil conference was held in Belo Horizonte in 2010.

The conference will cover the science and applications of graphene, including also graphene related materials such as carbon nanotubes, boron nitride and other layered materials. The following invited speakers have already confirmed their participation:

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Graphene knock-offs probe ultrafast electronics

Posted: Thu, 23/05/2013 - 11:07am

In May 22nd Nature News:

"If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then graphene is basking in admiration. Several labs are recreating the six-fold geometry of the carbon-based mat­erial with a range of building blocks, hoping to match — if not surpass — graphene’s fascinating properties.

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New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference

Posted: Tue, 21/05/2013 - 10:53am

The New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference is taking place at Novotel Clarke Quay, Singapore, from the 19th to 23rd of May.

The conference covers the latest advances in the growth and transfer technology of graphene films, spintronics in graphene, chemistry of graphene, biomedical and industrial applications of graphene. It will also interface with latest development in nanodiamond chemistry, quantum information science in diamond, diamond for biotechnology etc. One highlight will be a session on the road map of carbon technology in the imminent carbon age.

 

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ACS Nano Lectureship award won by Professor Loh Kian Ping

Posted: Thu, 16/05/2013 - 11:08am

Professor Loh Kian Ping won the American Chemical Society (ACS) Nano Lectureship award in 2013, being one of the three winners selected from Asia, Europe and USA. The award will be confered in China Nano 2013. He has also been conferred Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK).

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"Coat of paint on your house may one day power it"

Posted: Tue, 07/05/2013 - 3:07pm

The Straits Times featured an interview with Prof. Castro Neto regarding the paper recently published in Science, Strong Light-Matter Interactions in Heterostructures of Atomically Thin Films.

"IT SOUNDS like science fiction, but the coat of paint on your house could one day power it en­tirely. In what they say is a world first, scientists from Singapore have devised new photovoltaic cells that are so ultra­thin, solar panels could eventually be re­placed with solar 'paint'.

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Strong Light-Matter Interactions in Heterostructures of Atomically Thin Films

Posted: Sat, 04/05/2013 - 9:49am

The isolation of various two-dimensional (2D) materials, and the possibility to combine them in vertical stacks, has created a new paradigm in materials science: heterostructures based on 2D crystals. Such a concept has already proven fruitful for a number of electronic applications in the area of ultrathin and flexible devices.

In this paper, just published in Science by GRC and Manchester researchers, the range of such structures to photoactive ones is expanded, by using semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC)/graphene stacks.

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