GRAPHENE REPORT

Graphene a 1-atom-thick sheet of carbon in hexagonic crystal lattice. 200x stronger than steel. Tougher than diamond. World's thinnest material. Flexible, transparent. Conducts el and heat very well. Stocks: AIXG, CVV, FCSMF, NGPHF, GTI, CHGI, PKX.


Lux Research: global graphene market to grow to $120M by '20. $9M in '12. Most growth from graphene nanoplatelets (NGP) for composite, energy storage aps. Graphene sheets to stay mostly in lab. Leading comps XG Sciences, Vorbeck Materials. Startups Graphene Tech, Grafoid, National Nanomaterials, Xolve, Haydale.

New research into graphene grain boundaries. Resistors in series with conductor.

China leading graphene patent race. US 2nd. Then S Korea. 7,351 patents and aps.

UK Graphene Center to be finished in '15. 38M Pounds. At U of Manchester.

UK govt announced extra funding of 21.5M Pounds to boost graphene R&D. Focus on new graphene production methods, aps. Most exciting in biofuels creation.

UK project to develop graphene-based remote explosives, drugs detection. 21.5M Pound R&D investment. Focus on single-sheet graphene to develop new equipment to operate at THz-level freqs.

Graphene used in new plasmonic research device that can lead to virus, drug, explosive detectors. Optical device can analyze single molecule quickly. Plasmonics studies vibrations of electrons in different materials, topological properties of light phase. Graphene one of best materials to measure molecular sensitivity. Device basically like single-molecule microscope.

Rice U, Lomonosov Moscow State U researchers found graphene oxide can quickly remove radioactive material from contaminated water. Binds quickly to natural and human-made radionuclides, then condenses them into solids. Can be useful in fracking, rare earth mineral mining besides nuke cleanup.

"Graphene: Fundamentals and Emergent Aps" a new book.

Molybdenum can make graphene's mobility higher. Australia researchers found moly oxides can improve graphene's charge-carrying capabilities using exfoliation.

Northwestern U researchers found new way to amp signals in hybrid graphene oxide and CNT elchem sensors. Using magneto-elchem immunoassay process. Correlates available metal ions with analyte concentration. Mag particles encapsulated in inert coating of siO2, later coated with gold.