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More than 20 graphene jobs have been added to our portal 2D-Jobs, which is monitoring worldwide open workplace positions in the graphene and two-dimensional material family. Whether you are looking for a postdoc at a university, a scientist position in industry, we have the right position for you.
In order to view the open positions visit our 2D-Jobs portal portal now.
The famous Graphene Light Bulb made its way onto BBC’s Click programme. 2D Research gives us a sneak peak of the light bulb as published by @BBCClick.
The light bulb is designed and produced by Graphene Lighting plc, a Manchester-based designer of graphene-enhanced lighting products and a subsidiary of BGT Materials ltd, a graphene incubator company.
The Light Bulb shows unique flexible filaments with an applied graphene coating which reduces the temperature of operation of the LEDs. The light bulb is expected to reach the UK markets over the next few weeks, as recently published in a BGT Materials press release.
The Graphene Light Bulb at the National Graphene Institute as pictured by BBC Click.
Sources: 1. @BBCClick
2. “BGT Materials announces first order for Graphene Security; Graphene Light Bulbs scheduled for UK delivery” Published March 23rd.
Graphene Security, a subsidiary of BGT Materials Ltd, the Manchester-based graphene technology incubator company has announced in a press release that is has been shortlisted for an RFID Journal Live! award, as part of the exhibition due to be held in May in Orlando, Florida.
The company is engaged in using graphene for wireless antenna solutions, and recently demonstrated the technology as an invited talk at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Nobel Laureate Sir Andre Geim responds to “ridiculous, twisted” allegations made by the Sunday Times.
Sir Andre Geim gives a clear account of the academia-industry collaboration that is underway at the National Graphene Institute, and the overall current status of graphene commercialisation.
We strongly recommend reading this fantastic article.
Further reading: “Sir Andre Geim: response to Sunday Times” Manchester press release. 19th March 2016
Graphenea, the Spanish graphene manufacturer is currently advertising for a Research Scientist position to work with the production of graphene-related materials. The requirements are to have experience with semiconductor fabrication environment. To find out more information and apply visit the online job advertisement.
There is also a job advertisement for a Development Engineer with the task of system automation, requiring an industrial, engineering background. To find out more information and apply visit the online job advertisement.
Italian graphene manufacturer Directa Plus partnered with sportswear provider Colmar to launch graphene-enhanced sportswear products. The sportswear series includes ready-to-wear ski jackets (for men and women), ski suits, technical underwear and a polo shirt.
The role of graphene, as the press release states, is its “ability to act as a filter between the body and the external environment, always ensuring the ideal temperature for the wearer”.
Read the full press release: “Directa Plus and Colmar Launch World’s First Graphene-Enhanced Sportswear” Business Wire
We have made a few changes as you may have noticed: our menu and sidebar have been redesigned. This is towards our goal to having a minimalistic design which hopefully will enable our readers to focus on the content. Visitors now also have the ability to see publications filtered by a material of choice or by the published journal. To do so, simply click on the name of the tag/journal in our sidebar.
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Graphene Week 2016, the yearly academic conference organised by the Graphene Flagship issued its last call for abstracts. See the invited speakers and event details at our events page.
Deadline for abstract submission is 31st of January. Abstract submission link. http://graphene-flagship.eu/grapheneweek?utm_source=apsis-anp-3
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Organized by the European Flagship, the Graphene Study week aims to be a PhD student school on graphene sensors, energy, biomedicine and membranes.
The programme details and lecturers are already published. Late registration closes 1st of January so participants are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Registration fees are € 550, € 580, € 750 for students/early stage researchers, senior academics and industry, respectively which includes accommodation and full board.
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The University of Manchester is launching a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) at Coursera.org, due to start in February 2016. The course will last for 8 weeks, will require 1 to 3 hours of study per week and will be taught by University of Manchester Lecturer Dr. Vijayaraghavan. The following topics will be covered as part of the lectures: 2D material production techniques, electronic properties, mechanical properties, biomedical applications and graphene heterostructures.
The course would require an interest in the science of graphene and a good knowledge of general physics and chemistry.
Enrol to the course here: “Graphene and 2-dimensional materials” Coursera
More information: “Discover graphene with University online course” University of Manchester
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Even more graphene conferences have been added in our 2D-Events corner. Don’t forget to visit us in order to find the best place to present your work or demonstrate your industrial products.
Do you know of an event that is not listed? Let us know.
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China President Xi is set to visit the National Graphene Institute today. We’ll follow his visit live at our twitter account @2dresearch and twitter.com/2dresearch using our tag #2dresearch and #xivisit
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Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to make a landmark visit to the National Graphene Institute, based at the University of Manchester on Friday this week.
The visit is part of the leader’s four-day tour in the UK which has seen deals worth more than £30bn being struck, the largest of which being a £6bn investment from China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) towards the construction of a £18bn nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point by EDF Energy.
More information about Graphene study and Graphene2016 can be found at our 2D-Events corner.
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A £4m grant, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), has been awarded to scientists from the University of Manchester. The team, led by Sir Konstantin Novoselov, includes Sir Andre Geim, Professor Steve Yeates, Professor Brian Derby, Dr Cinzia Casiraghi and Dr Zhirun Hu and Professor Andrea Ferrari (from The University of Cambridge).
The grant will aim to easily print heterostructures made from two-dimensional crystals in order to tailor their properties and application.
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We are excited to share with you the latest development from 2D Research. We now have a dedicated section for all upcoming conferences, industrial workshops and exhibitions. The information is categorized in our 2D-Events (click) section, or in the upper right corner of the screen.
If you know an event which is not currently listed, please do let us know and it will be included.
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A collaboration between the University of Manchester and University of Central Lancashire has resulted in the first flight of a graphene-enabled aerial unmanned vehicle. The demonstration aimed to look at the robustness and aerodynamic properties of a wing coated by a graphene material.
Through the collaboration, the two universities aim at showcasing the significant contribution that graphene may have in the aerospace sector, whereby it may enable lighter and stronger composites, lighting strike protection, thermal management, to name a few.
Image credit: University of Central Lancashire.