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At the home of graphene, we work to push the boundaries of our knowledge of graphene and 2D materials. Here, you can find the latest news and updates from our researchers and business ventures.
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GEIC hosts first exterior pour of graphene-enhanced Concretene
8 Sep 2021
The Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) at The University of Manchester was the venue for the latest piece of pioneering work in using ...
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Atomic snapshots show fast ion migration in ultra-thin clays
26 Aug 2021
Research led by The University of Manchester has found that ions diffuse 10,000 times faster inside atomically thin clays than in bulk clay ...
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GEIC visits: trade delegations pledge support for graphene innovation
2 Aug 2021
During July, we were pleased to host a number of visits to the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre from high-profile guests from the UK and abroad,...
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Food waste: how graphene can solve a growing global crisis
20 Jul 2021
On Wednesday 28 July, a prestigious international event will put a spotlight on food waste - and reveal how graphene-based innovation can make a ...
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New GEIC Tier 2 partners showcase range of 2D material tech
19 Jul 2021
Graphene@Manchester is pleased to announce a range of new industrial partnerships, with three new Tier 2 agreements signed in July and more to follow ...
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Lightweight composites for space habitat win 2021 Eli Harari Graphene Enterprise Award
12 Jul 2021
The 2021 Eli and Britt Harari Awards for Graphene Enterprise has been won by Vivek Koncherry for his project entitled ‘Space Habitat Architecture’...
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Harvard and Manchester pioneer ‘soft’ graphene-containing electrodes that adapt to living tissue
30 Jun 2021
Researchers from The University of Manchester and Harvard University have collaborated on a pioneering project in bioengineering, producing ...
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Nobel Laureate Andre Geim heralds the ‘2D Materials Age’ at global innovation summit
11 Jun 2021
On Monday 14 June, Nobel Laureate Sir Andre Geim will be joining some of the brightest minds on the planet - from industry, government, academia, ...
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Mixing solutions in the world’s smallest test tubes
9 Jun 2021
Visualising chemical reactions at the atomic scale using liquid cell transmission electron microscopy.
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Greener AND cheaper: Graphene@Manchester solves concrete's big problem
25 May 2021
A joint venture between graphene specialists at The University of Manchester and alumni-led construction firm Nationwide Engineering has developed a ...
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Control over water friction with 2D materials towards ‘smart membranes’
21 May 2021
Researchers at The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) have published a study in Nature Communications showing how water ...
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Graphene Hackathon 2021: ingenuity and ambition on show in global competition
4 May 2021
The second edition of the Graphene Hackathon – held from 26-30 April and run by PhD students from The University of Manchester – delivered a ...
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Northern universities launch new investment company
25 Apr 2021
The Universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield are launching a new investment company to help boost the commercialisation of university spinouts ...
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Manchester’s Graphene Hackathon to test rising stars of innovation
24 Apr 2021
Budding entrepreneurs will be put to the test as they take part in the The University of Manchester's Graphene Hackathon – a challenge set against ...
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GEIC partner Gerdau launches graphene arm and expands Manchester presence
19 Apr 2021
Gerdau, the giant Brazil-based steel-maker, has inaugurated a new company called Gerdau Graphene, which will develop and market products based on ...
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Graphene 'smart surfaces' now tunable for visible spectrum
6 Apr 2021
Researchers at The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute have created optical devices with a unique range of tunability, covering ...
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Brain implant firm wins £12m funding with Graphene@Manchester nanotech
29 Mar 2021
A collaboration between two Barcelona institutions and the Nanomedicine Lab at The University of Manchester - aimed at treating brain disorders ...
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Graphene foam 'doubles longevity' of new running shoe
24 Mar 2021
Sports footwear firm inov-8 has unveiled the world’s first running shoe to use a graphene-enhanced foam in the sole, increasing comfort and energy...
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Ultrafast gas-flows through tiniest holes in 2D membranes
18 Dec 2020
Researchers from National Graphene Institute at The University of Manchester and University of Pennsylvania have identified ultrafast gas-flows ...
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How 'science of sandcastles' proves Kelvin right, 150 years on
9 Dec 2020
The 150-year-old mystery behind a natural phenomenon that is omnipresent in our world – and even helps children build sandcastles – has finally ...
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Manchester group helps fine-tune ‘twistronics’ of 2D crystals
4 Dec 2020
An international research team led by Manchester has revealed a breakthrough method that could lead to autonomous robotic control and therefore ...
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NGI post-doc wins Elsevier early-career research award
17 Nov 2020
Manchester research associate Dr Matthew Hamer has won the Physical Science category of the Scopus Early Career Researcher (ECR) UK Awards 2020 for ...
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Manchester group discovers 'radically different' physics in graphene superlattices
13 Nov 2020
A group of researchers led by Sir Andre Geim and Dr Alexey Berdyugin at The University of Manchester has discovered and characterised a new family of ...
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Manchester innovation experts to speak at global graphene events
7 Nov 2020
Innovation leaders from The University of Manchester will be sharing their lab-to-market expertise at a global graphene forum as part of a busy ...
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New graphene-based antibody test developed for detecting kidney disease
26 Oct 2020
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from The University of Manchester have developed a new graphene-based testing system for disease-related ...
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Graphene will help in Covid fight, says Nobel Laureate
12 Oct 2020
Graphene can play an important role in combating COVID-19, according to graphene pioneer and Nobel Prize winner Professor Kostya Novoselov.
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SpaceMat: graphene’s answer to recycling tyre rubber launches to market
30 Sep 2020
A Greater Manchester start-up company has launched the first of a range of products aimed at reducing wastage from vehicle tyres, supported by the ...
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Graphene additives show a new way to control the structure of organic crystals
1 Sep 2020
A team of researchers at The University of Manchester has demonstrated that the surface properties of graphene can be used to control the structure of...
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Fixing 'food miles': how graphene-enhanced farming can cut costs and emissions
1 Sep 2020
A start-up company based at The University of Manchester - AEH Innovative Hydrogel - has begun trials of a graphene-enhanced growth material that ...
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Beyond chip-and-PIN: graphene’s quick, hygienic solution to restaurant payment
25 Aug 2020
A new graphene-based contactless payment system, developed in collaboration with the University of Manchester, has begun a restaurant pilot that could...
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Manchester-led research offers advance in superconductors with a ‘twist’
12 Aug 2020
An international research team led by The University of Manchester has revealed a nanomaterial that mirrors the “magic angle” effect originally ...
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Graphene@Manchester labs reopen for research and business
22 Jul 2020
World-class research and innovation at the ‘Home of Graphene’ returns, as The University of Manchester reopens its facilities following the ...
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GKN Aerospace joins Graphene@Manchester as Tier 1 partner
30 Jun 2020
GKN Aerospace - one of the world’s leading suppliers of manufacturing to the aerospace industry - is the latest company to join the Graphene ...
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Manchester launches spin-out to bring innovative water-filtration technology to market
19 Jun 2020
Scientists and innovation experts from The University of Manchester have worked together to successfully develop a new, market-ready technology using ...
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Graphene smart textiles developed for heat adaptive clothing
18 Jun 2020
New research on the two-dimensional (2D) material graphene has allowed researchers to create smart adaptive clothing which can lower the body ...
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Graphene and 2D materials could move electronics beyond ‘Moore’s Law’
3 Jun 2020
A team of researchers based in Manchester, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland and the USA has published a new review on a field of ...
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Nanopatterning electronic properties of twisted 2D semiconductors using twist
28 May 2020
A team of researchers at the National Graphene Institute, have demonstrated that atomic lattices of slightly twisted 2D transition metal ...
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Graphene@Manchester helps form global advanced materials taskforce in response to COVID-19
26 May 2020
Graphene@Manchester has helped set up a new, international taskforce to bring graphene and advanced materials to the forefront of tackling COVID-19.
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Graphene@Manchester teams up with Highways England
22 May 2020
Highways England has again joined forces with graphene experts at The University of Manchester to deliver a new package of innovations.
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Graphene Nobel Laureate to reveal insights in back-to-back lectures
20 May 2020
Nobel Prize-winner Professor Kostya Novoselov to give two online talks to share his insights and inspirations in his work with graphene at The ...
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Rolls-Royce to work with graphene experts to pioneer the next generation of aero engines
29 Apr 2020
Rolls-Royce has selected The University of Manchester’s Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) and award-winning Versarien subsidiary 2-DTech...
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The National Graphene Institute: Five years on
20 Mar 2020
A day that not only saw a solar eclipse, Friday, 20 March 2015, marked the start of a materials revolution: the opening of the National Graphene ...
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How impermeable is the impermeable graphene?
12 Mar 2020
New experiments by researchers at The University of Manchester have placed the best limits yet on impermeability of graphene and other ...
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Oil separation made easier with 2D material membrane
27 Feb 2020
University of Manchester researchers have made a leap forward in overcoming one of the biggest problems in membrane technology- membrane fouling. ...
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Universities Minister celebrates Manchester’s materials reputation
22 Jan 2020
Advanced Materials were at the centre of the agenda for the Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, Chris Skidmore, last week ...
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Mayor praises Manchester model of innovation as graphene applications gain real pace
10 Jan 2020
Andy Burnham, Mayor for Greater Manchester, made a fact-finding tour of facilities that are pioneering graphene innovation at The University of ...
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Energy levels in electrons of 2D materials are mapped for the first time
8 Jan 2020
Researchers based at the National Graphene Institute at The University of Manchester have developed an innovative measurement method that allows, for...
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Researchers break the geometric limitations of moiré pattern in graphene heterostructures
20 Dec 2019
Researchers at The University of Manchester have uncovered interesting phenomena when multiple two-dimensional materials are combined into van der ...
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Proof of a decades-old theory hides in the thinnest of materials
18 Dec 2019
By layering two-dimensional (2D) materials, scientists as The University of Manchester and Cornell University have confirmed electrochemical ...
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Royce enables world-first Ultra High Vacuum Suite for the characterisation of 2D ‘designer structures’
16 Dec 2019
Following the isolation of Graphene in Manchester in 2004, researchers have discovered a whole new library of 2D materials. Since 2010, researchers ...
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