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Straintronics: Engineers create piezoelectric graphene

In what became known as the 'Scotch tape technique," researchers first extracted graphene with a piece of adhesive in 2004. Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb, hexagonal pattern. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Shear stiffness and friction mechanics of single-layer graphene measured for the first time

Researchers from the University of Bristol have measured and identified for the first time the stress and strain shear modulus and internal friction of graphene sheets. Graphene is a material that has many ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bilayer graphene works as an insulator

A research team led by physicists at the University of California, Riverside has identified a property of "bilayer graphene" (BLG) that the researchers say is analogous to finding the Higgs boson in particle ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Graphene ink created for ink-jet printing of electronic components

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of UK scientists has created a graphene ink that can be used to ink-jet print electronic devices such as thin film transistors.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

How graphene's electrical properties can be tuned

An accidental discovery in a physicist's laboratory at the University of California, Riverside provides a unique route for tuning the electrical properties of graphene, nature's thinnest elastic material. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Seeing red? Making carbon nanotubes clearer to the naked eye

If you were to look at a carbon nanotube with the naked eye you wouldn't see much more than black powder, but now a team of EU-funded scientists has developed a novel way of making these multi-purpose nanotechnology ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find simple way to produce graphene

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Northern Illinois University say they have discovered a simple method for producing high yields of graphene, a highly touted carbon nanostructure that some believe could replace ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Miracle material: Graphene

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the 19th century novel, Flatland, by Edward A. Abbott, residents of that fictional country exist in only two dimensions. Women are born as line segments, while men come in a range of geometric ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Impact hypothesis loses its sparkle

Shock-synthesized diamonds said to prove a catastrophic impact killed off North American megafauna can't be found.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 30, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

Caltech Scientists Test Air Flow Over the 2010 World Cup Soccer Ball (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The World Cup is in full swing, complete with an official new soccer ball named Jabulani, meaning "to celebrate" in Zulu. The players, however, aren't exactly celebrating. Instead, many of ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 25, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (17) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Creating a Captivating Cage for Carbon

(PhysOrg.com) -- A tough, hard-working particle known as ZIF-8 that can selectively remove carbon dioxide from a complex mixture of gases was designed by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 11, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Fluid clue to Saturn's hexagon (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusual hexagonal structure found in Saturn's atmosphere has been recreated in an Oxford laboratory.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 16, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Producing graphene layers using crystallization

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since it's relatively recent discovery, graphene has generated a great deal of interest. Graphene is extracted from graphite in many cases, and consists of a sheet of carbon atoms bound together in a ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

Scientists synthesize graphene-like material: Polymer with honeycomb structure

Two-dimensional carbon layers, so-called graphenes, are regarded as a possible substitute for silicon in the semiconductor industry. The electronic properties of these layers can be varied by "building in" ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (36) | comments 1

California's Channel Islands hold evidence of Clovis-age comets

A 17-member team has found what may be the smoking gun of a much-debated proposal that a cosmic impact about 12,900 years ago ripped through North America and drove multiple species into extinction.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 5

Hexagon

In geometry, a hexagon (from Greek ἕξ hex, 'six') is a polygon with six edges and six vertices. A regular hexagon has Schläfli symbol {6}. The total of the internal angles of any hexagon is 720 degrees.

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