Sparc Technologies and Levidian Nanosystems have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop and commercialize Sparc’s ecosparc graphene coating additive in the Middle East. The agreement covers protective and industrial coatings in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, and follows Levidian’s supply of graphene to Sparc for testing in ecosparc-enhanced coatings.Under the MoU, Sparc will develop ecosparc formulations using Levidian’s graphene and test them in its ISO-accr...
Researchers at the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at The University of Manchester have been awarded a £1.2 million (about US$1.6 million) Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Standard Research Grant to investigate the electrical properties of water and aqueous electrolytes confined to spaces just a few atoms thick. The three-year project, led by Dr. Laura Fumagalli, also involves Politecnico di Milano, the University of Cambridge and Oxford Instruments Asylum R...
Researchers at Ontario Tech University in Canada have used graphene nanoplatelets to cool and protect a commercial lithium grease. They also built a machine learning framework that predicts how such greases heat up and wear over time.The team mixed graphene nanoplatelets, supplied by Nova Graphene, into a commercial lithium grease at concentrations of 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1 and 2 wt%. The platelets are 50 nm to 5 µm across and under 1.7 nm thick. They tested each formulation ten times i...