Carbon news, May 2021

Sandwiched layers produce more stable lithium-metal battery

Researchers have developed a novel multilayer, multimaterial lithium-metal battery that can control and contain the growth of lithium dendrites.

New strategy to mine atmospheric carbon

Innovative process permanently stores plant-captured CO2 as silicon carbide

Winner of 2021 CSTE Outstanding Young Researcher Award announced

Stacked 2D nanomeshes that offer unique physical properties

New way to arrange 2D nanosheets into a 3D configuration to produce new materials

Graphene variations lead to more secure keys

Researchers have developed a new security device that takes advantage of microstructure variations in graphene to generate secure encryption keys.

Magnetic graphene offers attractive possibilities for spintronics

A new study shows that magnetic graphene can efficiently convert charge to spin current and transfer strong spin-polarization over long distances.

In memory of Dr. Susan Odom

Smallest graphene nanoribbons nearly ready for the big time

Researchers have created a scalable technique for fabricating the smallest graphene nanoribbons yet, which could find use in telecommunications.