How to Use graphene in a Sentence
graphene
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The biggest sticking point may be the cost of the graphene.
— John Timmer, Ars Technica, 12 July 2017 -
Geim and Novoselov shared a Nobel Prize in physics for their work on graphene in 2010.
— Simon Parkin, Bloomberg.com, 8 Aug. 2017 -
The drivers have a new custom diaphragm made from polyurethane (PU) and graphene.
— Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023 -
In graphene, carbon atoms lie side by side, hence its flatness.
— John Wenz, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2019 -
Of course, there's a catch and that is that at the moment, this graphene dye only works for dyeing your hair black or brown.
— Samantha Sasso, refinery29.com, 16 Mar. 2018 -
Les Johnson, co-author of a book on graphene, told The Verge in January.
— Rachel Becker, The Verge, 17 Mar. 2018 -
In fact, this marks the first time Hermès works with graphene to develop a composite for the case.
— Roberta Naas, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021 -
Stacking graphene sheets is hard, with or without twists.
— Quanta Magazine, 14 June 2021 -
From there, all the researchers had to do was produce graphene to get the batteries working.
— Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 1 Mar. 2022 -
The new device, which is made up of graphene and human proteins, would be smaller than the width of a human hair.
— Dyllan Furness, Fox News, 17 May 2017 -
This isolated everything but the edge of the graphene from the rest of the transistor hardware.
— John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2022 -
Inside the antenna is a small square of graphene atop a layer of boron nitride.
— Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2020 -
The edge of the graphene could now act as a gate to control the conductivity of the semiconductor.
— John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2022 -
The trilayer graphene, by contrast, doesn’t have to be twisted.
— Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 17 July 2019 -
Graphite is a form of carbon that's just a large collection of graphene sheets layered on top of each other.
— John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2020 -
This means that graphene always has electrons available to conduct—but not all that many.
— Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2018 -
The team of physicists has developed a liquid made from an emulsion of graphene, water and oil.
— Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 22 Feb. 2018 -
Logitech is using a 50mm graphene diaphragm for the audio driver inside the G Pro X 2.
— Tom Warren, The Verge, 24 May 2023 -
On the other, there's a chemical group that interacts with graphene.
— John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Apr. 2022 -
But one of its most fashion-forward uses was just unveiled: graphene as applied to the little black dress.
— Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 26 Jan. 2017 -
But graphene conducts electricity, which means that hair coated in it doesn’t build up a charge.
— Rachel Becker, The Verge, 17 Mar. 2018 -
The electrode that would face the outside of a building is a plastic film coated with a grid of gold nanowires, a single layer of graphene, and some platinum.
— IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2023 -
The handheld device would have a replaceable one-time-use graphene sensor.
— IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2023 -
The material of choice, if money is no object, is graphene.
— Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 12 Apr. 2019 -
Silicene is a cousin of graphene, a sheet of carbon atoms that has gained attention recently.
— Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine, 28 Dec. 2011 -
The graphene batteries, according to Mercedes, could be composted at the end of their life.
— NBC News, 8 Jan. 2020 -
Researchers also put in graphene nanoribbons to collect the current.
— David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 9 Nov. 2018 -
The researchers have found a way to introduce one-dimensional defects that are stable and in the center of a graphene sheet.
— Miran Pavic, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2010 -
As the fabric does so, an ordered network of minuscule cracks open and close in the overlying graphene layer.
— Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024 -
Taher says his graphene technology can reduce the leakage of hydrogen by up to 85%.
— Amy Gunia, CNN, 25 July 2024
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