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The Cambridge Graphene Centre welcomes Dr Luigi Occhipinti as Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer. Dr Occhipinti joined the Department of Engineering at Cambridge University in 2014, with the role of Outreach and Business Development Manager of the EPSRC Centre for Innovative manufacturing in Large-Area Electronics. Dr Occhipinti was senior…

The Materials Research Society (MRS) has recognised Professor Andrea Ferrari, Director of the Cambridge Graphene Centre, as a 2016 MRS Fellow. Professor Ferrari was cited “for seminal research on Raman spectroscopy of carbon materials and leadership role in the development of graphene and other two-dimensional materials in Europe and worldwide.”The…

A flexible display incorporating graphene in its pixels’ electronics has been successfully demonstrated by the Cambridge Graphene Centre and Plastic Logic, the first time graphene has been used in a transistor-based flexible device.The partnership between the two organisations combines the graphene expertise of the Cambridge Graphene Centre (CGC), …

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Professor Andrea Ferrari of the Cambridge Graphene Centre has been presented with the American Carbon Society’s 2016 Charles E. Pettinos Award. The award was presented by the president of the American Carbon Society at Ferrari’s opening plenary presentation at the 2016 World Conference On Carbon in State College, Pennsylvania, USA. The award was be…

CDT student Tian Carey was awarded a prize for his presentation given at the annual IOP Printing and Graphic Science Group Student Conference.Carey's presentation won second prize at the one-day event Printing for the Future, held at the Institute for Manufacturing, at the University of Cambridge on 12 January 2017. The Printing and Graphics Scienc…

Registration is now open for the student-led Graphene Technology Summer Conference, taking place 12-15 June 2017 at Wyboston Lakes.The CDT in Graphene Technology Summer Conference 2017 is a student-led event, organised between the Cambridge-based CDT in Graphene Technology and the NOWNANO CDT of the University of Manchester. It will include talks f…

A new method for producing conductive cotton fabrics using graphene-based inks opens up new possibilities for flexible and wearable electronics, without the use of expensive and toxic processing steps.A new method for producing conductive cotton fabrics using graphene-based inks opens up new possibilities for flexible and wearable electronics, with…

Based at the University of Cambridge, the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Graphene Technology is one of a number of research training initiatives devoted to the science and engineering of graphene and related two-dimensional materials. The aim of the CDTs is to deliver a high-quality, student-centred approach to training, and create a world-c…

Nippon Kayaku Co. Ltd, a Japanese chemicals manufacturer with global activities in functional materials, pharmaceuticals, automotive safety components and agrochemicals, is to partner with the Cambridge Graphene Centre.Nippon Kayaku Co. Ltd, a Japanese chemicals manufacturer with global activities in functional materials, pharmaceuticals, automotiv…

Researchers from the Cambridge Graphene Centre and Cavendish Laboratory use layered materials to create an all-electrical quantum light emitting diodes (LED) with single-photon emission. These LEDs have potential as on-chip photon sources in quantum information applications.Atomically thin LEDs emitting one photon at a time have been developed by r…

Nippon Kayaku Co. Ltd, a Japanese chemicals manufacturer with global activities in functional materials, pharmaceuticals, automotive safety components and agrochemicals, is to partner with the Cambridge Graphene Centre.Nippon Kayaku Co. Ltd, a Japanese chemicals manufacturer with global activities in functional materials, pharmaceuticals, automotiv…

Based at the University of Cambridge, the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Graphene Technology is one of a number of research training initiatives devoted to the science and engineering of graphene and related two-dimensional materials. The aim of the CDTs is to deliver a high-quality, student-centred approach to training, and create a world-c…

Registration is now open for the student-led Graphene Technology Summer Conference, taking place 12-15 June 2017 at Wyboston Lakes.The CDT in Graphene Technology Summer Conference 2017 is a student-led event, organised between the Cambridge-based CDT in Graphene Technology and the NOWNANO CDT of the University of Manchester. It will include talks f…

A new method for producing conductive cotton fabrics using graphene-based inks opens up new possibilities for flexible and wearable electronics, without the use of expensive and toxic processing steps.A new method for producing conductive cotton fabrics using graphene-based inks opens up new possibilities for flexible and wearable electronics, with…