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Carbon news, December 2018

A new nanocomposite anode material can produce lithium-ion batteries that are more suitable for use in large devices such as electric vehicles.

31 December 2018
2018 Materials Today Innovation Award winner announced

Congratulations to Prof M Stanley Whittingham.

16 December 2018Stewart Bland

Scientists have discovered that silicon contamination is the reason why graphene often doesn't perform as well as predicted.

7 December 2018

bridging the gaps between aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes with metal atoms boosts electrical conductivity in a new direction

6 December 2018Cordelia Sealy

An easily produced flexible strain-sensing material could promote advances in wearable motion-sensing devices

4 December 2018Xiaozheng Wang, Hongling Sun, Xiaoyan Yue, Yunfei Yu, Guoqiang Zheng, Kun Dai, Chuntai Liu, Changyu Shen

making tiny, nanoscale holes into graphene sheets and removing them again could hold the key to manufacturing high-quality structures

3 December 2018Cordelia Sealy

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