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Ionic Industries raises over $2M for supercapacitor technology development
Last week Ionic Industries announced they have been successful in raising over $2 million dollars though a capital raising with Melbourne Capital Limited. Funds were raised from qualifying investors, being s708 sophisticated, institutional investors, licensed...

GAC to produce graphene-enhanced battery for EVs by end of 2020
Chinese EV maker Guangzhou Automobile New Energy (GAC) has announced that it has developed a graphene-enhanced battery for electronic vehicles which will be available for mass production at the end of this year. GAC reports that its graphene technology can charge...

GMG wins Australian Research Council grant
Graphene Manufacturing Group is proud to be the recipient of a $390k Australian Research Council grant with The University of Queensland for the final stage development of a graphene enhanced aluminium ion battery. The rechargeable aluminium battery could replace...

Webinar: Graphene Innovations and Applications Update
Hear presentations from Australia's biggest movers in graphene. Chris Gilbey, CEO of Imagine Intelligent materials discusses the latest development in intelligent flooring and leak detection. Craig Nichol, CEO of Graphene Manufacturing Group profiles the globally...

Guardian G-Volt masks use graphene and electrical charge to repel viruses
LIGC Applications has developed the Guardian G-Volt - a face mask with a graphene filtration system that can be sterilised and safely re-used. Global interest in protective masks has surged in recent months, due to ongoing coronavirus outbreaks around the world....

Imagine Intelligent Materials wins Government grant
Imagine Intelligent Materials Limited, (Australia’s Leading Graphene Sensing Company) is one of the beneficiaries of the Morrison government’s investment into Australian defence industries announced today by The Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price MP....

5 properties of graphene that will change the world
Graphene is set to make our world cleaner and smarter in thousands of ways. Here are 5 of them. Technology-driven efficiency gains already outstrip conversion to renewable energy as a driver of carbon reduction. Graphene has the power to turbocharge these efficiency...

GMG ‘G’ Coolant trials show stunning efficiency gains
Recent trials at a major Queensland retail centre demonstrated the immense power of graphene to deliver the kind of energy savings Australia will need in order to meet its emissions reductions targets. Graphene is the most conductive material ever measured. By...

Graphene and Australia’s transition to a graphene-enabled low carbon economy
How can Australia achieve its emissions reduction targets without significant economic disruption? Through innovation. And at the core of global industrial innovation is one material – graphene. Graphene is considered to be the key enabling material of the 4th...

Nano-thin flexible touchscreens could be printed like newspaper
Researchers have developed an ultra-thin and ultra-flexible electronic material that could be printed and rolled out like newspaper, for the touchscreens of the future. The touch-responsive technology is 100 times thinner than existing touchscreen materials and so...

A wearable gas sensor for health and environmental monitoring
A highly sensitive, wearable gas sensor for environmental and human health monitoring may soon become commercially available, according to researchers at Penn State and Northeastern University. The sensor device is an improvement on existing wearable sensors because...

Lab turns trash into valuable graphene in a flash
That banana peel, turned into graphene, can help facilitate a massive reduction of the environmental impact of concrete and other building materials. While you're at it, toss in those plastic empties. A new process introduced by the Rice University lab of chemist...

New method produces graphene on surfaces for precise electronics applications
Scientists at Rice University, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT Knoxville) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have demonstrated the use of a very small visible beam to burn graphene into microscopic patterns. The labs of Rice chemist James Tour, which...