IDTechEx '16: : Graphene continues to look to practical uses

• Autores: Myles McCormick
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 584, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Junio)
• Idioma: inglés
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  • "Graphene is both 11 years old and 11 years young," James Baker, business directors at the UK's National Graphene Insitute at the University of Manchester, told IM. While it has moved quite quickly towards the market since its conception, it was discovered relatively recently. Yet at the same time, being a carbon, its basic make-up is nothing new.

    The market has moved from what he calls a "push" to "pull" dynamic. Rather than being a technology looking for a problem, downstream users realise the potential benefits of using graphene in their products and seek it out.

    Indeed, it is in the "sensory" field that a great deal of opportunity is expected to arise. Inigo Charola of Graphenea, a graphene producer based in San Sebastian in the north of Spain, described this sector as "the one to watch".