A pioneering collaboration between two North West UK universities has successfully resulted in World’s first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight incorporating graphene.
The research initiative, between the University of Central Lancashire’s (UCLan) Engineering Innovation Centre (EIC), and The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute, saw the first flight of a UAV part-constructed with graphene. Among many applications the new nano-material could be of major benefit to the aviation industry; it’s the thinnest material on Earth, 200 times…
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