Australian scientists make graphene production breakthrough

Posted on 3 Feb 2017 by Michael Cruickshank

A team of scientists from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have discovered a new approach to producing graphene.

The CSIRO team discovered a way to break down soybean oil into a number of different carbon structures from which graphene could be easily synthesized. This process, which has just one step, is vastly more efficient and economical than pre-existing methods used to produce the material. In the past, chemicals scientists would need to use…

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