3rd International Conference on Materials and Applications for Sensors and Transducers, IC-MAST, Prague, Czech Republic The conference aims at creating a forum in the field of materials research and their applications, especially for those materials that are used for sensors and devices that transduce physical properties. SPG Members attended ICMAST 2013 Conference. Three talks were [...]
Put your (tshirt) battery on !
Nanotechnology T-Shirt to replace batteries? Towards wearable energy storage Nanowerk Spotlight) If current research is an indicator, wearable electronics will go far beyond just very small electronic devices or wearable, flexible computers. Not only will these devices be embedded in textile substrates but an electronics device or system could ultimately become the fabric itself. Electronic [...]
Dr Bijandra Kumar – UIC Proof-of-Concept (POC) Awards !
Congratulations to our former colleague Dr Bijandra Kumar ! UIC selected among 47 proposals and they got awarded for their project: Amin Salehi-Khojin, PhD & Bijandra Kumar, PhD Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) Project Title: Novel Catalysts for Syngas Production by CO2 Reduction [Read More....] @ cif.uic.edu
Half-meter long carbon nanotubes
Researchers grow half-meter long carbon nanotubes (Nanowerk Spotlight) A space elevator based on carbon nanotube (CNT) cables is one of those ideas from 1950s-style futurism that are so whacky they might just work. There is an annual Space Elevator Conference to discuss progress and a Japanese construction firm even has announced plans to build a [...]
From Hemp fiber to low-cost graphene-like material
Hemp fiber used to develop low-cost graphene-like nanomaterial. Researchers from the University of Alberta developed a new low-cost process to turn hemp bast fibers into graphene-like materials that can be used in energy storage electronics. They use a part of the hemp plant called the bast, which is usually thrown away during industrial hemp production [...]
Researchers use graphene nanosheets to fabricate electroconductive textiles
(Nanowerk News) Researchers from Islamic Azad University, Yazd Branch, successfully used graphene nanosheets to design and fabricate electroconductive fibers in which the amount of conductivity can be adjusted (« Fabricating electroconductive cotton textiles using graphene« ). The obtained textiles have the ability to be used in the fabrication of electronic, smart, electromagnetic-resistant, waterproof, and multipurpose fibers. “The [...]
Seminar: Pr. VIDAL Frederic
Seminar: Pr. VIDAL Frederic, Laboratoire de Physico-chimie des Polymères et des Interfaces Professor VIDAL Frederic will give a talk entitled « Actionneurs à base de polymères conducteurs électroniques : de la synthèse à l’intégration« , Thursday 6th of June, 10:00am (room CR 202, LimatB, Centre de Recherche Huygens, Lorient) Abstract: The synthesis of electronic conducting interpenetrating polymer [...]
Artificial photosynthesis for solar water-splitting. Lionel Vayssieres
The Founders of International Research Center for Renewable Energy. Lionel Vayssieres is advocator and co-founder of the International Research Center for Renewable Energy (IRCRE), he is concurrently a Thousand Talent Professor, chief scientist and director of the photoelectrochemical and functional materials researcher department of the center. [Read More...]
Engineers fine-tune the sensitivity of graphene nanosensors
! Breaking News ! Alumni member of Smart Plastics Group, Dr. Bijandra Kumar, published an interesting article on graphene nanosensors…[Read more on Nanowerk News] (Nanowerk News) Researchers have discovered a technique for controlling the sensitivity of graphene chemical sensors. The sensors, made of an insulating base coated with a graphene sheet–a single-atom-thick layer of carbon–are [...]
