Archive for the 'News' Category
A starring role for graphene
December 9th, 2011Rice University’s functionalized graphene oxide plays part in next-generation oil-well drilling fluids Graphene’s star is rising as a material that could become essential to efficient, environmentally sound oil production. Rice University researchers are taking advantage of graphene’s outstanding strength, light weight and solubility to enhance fluids used to drill oil wells. The Rice University lab [...]
Graphene lights up with new possibilities
December 2nd, 2011Rice researchers’ two-step technique makes graphene suitable for organic chemistry BY MIKE WILLIAMS Rice News staff The future brightened for organic chemistry when researchers at Rice University found a highly controllable way to attach organic molecules to pristine graphene and make the miracle material suitable for a range of new applications. The Rice lab of [...]
Graphene pushes popularity of Rice papers
November 29th, 2011FROM RICE NEWS STAFF REPORTS A decade ago, nobody had ever heard of graphene. Now the single-atom-thick sheet of carbon is the focus of intense research at labs all over the world, nowhere more than at Rice University. The Rice lab of Professor James Tour finds itself among the most highly regarded graphene labs in [...]
Nano bundles pack a powerful punch
September 12th, 2011Nano bundles pack a powerful punch Solid-state energy storage takes a leap forward at Rice University Rice University researchers have created a solid-state, nanotube-based supercapacitor that promises to combine the best qualities of high-energy batteries and fast-charging capacitors in a device suitable for extreme environments. A paper from the Rice lab of chemist Robert Hauge, [...]
Rice-made memory chips lost in cargo launch failure
September 12th, 2011Rice-made memory chips lost in cargo launch failure FROM RICE NEWS STAFF REPORTS A Russian cargo ship carrying an experiment from Rice University was lost after launch from Kazakhstan Aug. 24. On the eve of Rice NASAversary, silicon oxide memory chips developed at the university were bound for the International Space Station (ISS). According to [...]
Sugar and spice, and even things not so nice: Graphene synthesis
September 12th, 2011Our research was featured on MaterialsViews.com: Sugar and spice, and even things not so nice: Graphene synthesis
Highlight in Nature Nanotechnology–Graphene from waste materials
September 6th, 2011Our paper on the synthesis of graphene from food and waste materials was highlighted in Nature Nanotechnology: Graphene from waste materials
One box of Girl Scout Cookies worth $15 billion
August 8th, 2011Rice University lab shows troop how any carbon source can become valuable graphene Scientists can make graphene out of just about anything with carbon — even Girl Scout Cookies. Graduate students in the Rice University lab of chemist James Tour proved it when they invited a troop of Houston Girl Scouts to their lab to [...]
Dream screens from graphene
August 2nd, 2011Technology developed at Rice could revolutionize touch-screen displays BY MIKE WILLIAMS Rice News staff Flexible, transparent electronics are closer to reality with the creation of graphene-based electrodes at Rice University. The lab of Rice chemist James Tour lab has created thin films that could revolutionize touch-screen displays, solar panels and LED lighting. The research was [...]
Nano-based RFID tag, you’re it
January 18th, 2010Long lines at store checkouts could be history if a new technology created in part at Rice University comes to pass. Rice researchers, in collaboration with a team led by Gyou-jin Cho at Sunchon National University in Korea, have come up with an inexpensive, printable transmitter that can be invisibly embedded in packaging. It would [...]