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• Technology enhances electrical and thermal conductivity of composites

  Collaboration between the University of Surrey's (U.K.) Advanced Technology Institute (ATI), the University of Bristol's (U.K.) Advanced Composite Center for Innovation and Science (ACCIS) and aerospace company Bombardier has developed a new technology that increases the electrical and thermal conductivity of carbon fiber reinforced composites. details>>

• Adding hydrogen to graphene could produce better semiconductors

  South Korean researchers at the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM) in Ulsan and the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in Daejeon have documented the chemical reaction that occurs when hydrogen is added to graphene and noted that hydrogenation opens a bandgap in the material. details>>

• Scientists at Rice theorize potential enhancement for heat sinks

  A team of scientists at Rice University recently published research on a new theory that could provide an enhancement using bumpy nanostructures and graphene to interface between gallium nitride semiconductors and diamond heat sinks. details>>

• Researchers develop dry adhesive that bonds in extreme temps

  Researchers from Case Western Reserve University, Dayton Air Force Research Laboratory, and Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China) teamed up to develop a new dry adhesive that bonds even in extreme temperature. details>>

• Purdue and Toyota work together for EV cooling technology

  Researchers from the University of Purdue and the Toyota Research Institute of North America were recently named finalists for the 2016 R&D 100 award for developing a new, two-phase cold plate design for cooling automotive power electronics. details>>

• University of Manchester research could bring faster electronics

  The team of scientists have created a new semiconductor, indium selenide (InSe), that is only a few atoms thick with a higher electrical conductivity than silicon, which is the standard material in electronic devices. details>>

• Scientists develop graphene with resistance to ozone

  Researchers from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhl in Russia have created a new means for purifying graphene that has a high stability to ozonation through the high-temperature sublimation of silicon carbide (SiC). details>>

• Scientists use graphene to expand usable bandwidth

  Researchers at the University of Buffalo have used graphene to help solve this problem by creating very small radios that allow for short-range, high-speed communications on the previously inaccessible terahertz band. details>>

• Berkeley Lab studying nanomaterial with potential impact on thermal management

  Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy?s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have studied cadmium arsenide with the hopes of developing a topological matter, which would carry electrical current on its surface like a semiconductor but at room temperature. details>>

• Researchers use graphene as template for new metal-oxide nanostructures

  A team of researchers from Brown University has developed a method for producing metal oxide films with intricate crumple patterns that have demonstrated greater electrical conductivity. details>>