Rice lab turns trash into valuable graphene in a flash
January 29th, 2020‘Green’ process promises pristine graphene in bulk using waste food, plastic and other materials RICE NEWS RELEASE Jeff Falk713-348-6775jfalk@rice.edu Mike Williams713-348-6728mikewilliams@rice.edu 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 […]
Scientists turn ‘trash to treasure’ by making ultrastrong graphene from coal, plastic and food waste
January 29th, 2020An article features pioneering graphene research by James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering. Co-author and research administrator Ksenia Bets is quoted. A Rice video is included.Newsweek (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)http://dateline.rice/jan-29-tourhttps://www.newsweek.com/rice-university-scientists-produce-graphene-coal-plastic-food-waste-1484576
Educational Flash Graphene Video
January 29th, 2020An educational flash graphene video, produced by James M. Tour at Rice University, can be viewed at the following link. Flash Graphene Animated Educational Video
Altmetric – Overview of attention for article published in Nature, January 2020
January 29th, 2020About the score “In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric. High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile).” Title Gram-scale bottom-up flash graphene synthesis Published in Nature, January 2020 DOI 10.1038/s41586-020-1938-0 Altmetric Link https://www.altmetric.com/details/74586330 Authors Duy X. Luong, Ksenia V. Bets, Wala Ali Algozeeb, Michael G. Stanford, […]
How to turn garbage into graphene
January 29th, 2020Popular Mechanics http://dateline.rice/jan-28-tour https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/design/a30681151/garbage-into-graphene/
Team turns banana peels and other trash into ‘flash graphene’
January 29th, 2020Futurity (This article also appeared in the Jan. 28 edition of the Futurity Today newsletter.)http://dateline.rice/jan-28-tour https://www.futurity.org/flash-graphene-trash-2264812/