6 Apr 2012

Transparent memory chips are coming
The Rice lab has since developed a working two-terminal memory device that can be stacked in a three-dimensional configuration and attached to a flexible substrate.
13 Jan 2012

Graphene rips follow rules
Research from Rice University and the University of California at Berkeley may give science and industry a new way to manipulate graphene, the wonder material expected to play a role in advanced electronic, mechanical and thermal applications.
30 Nov 2011

Graphene lights up with new possibilities
Rice researchers' two-step technique makes graphene suitable for organic chemistry
12 Oct 2011

Rice physicists move one step closer to quantum computer
Electron superhighway could pave way for creation of elusive quantum-particle pairs
28 Sep 2011

Graphene overtaking carbon nanotubes
Graphene is considered a hot candidate for applications such as computers, displays, photovoltaics, and flexible electronics.
29 Aug 2011

Solid-state energy storage moves forward
The latest from the Rice lab of chemist Robert Hauge stakes a claim in the drive toward robust, versatile energy storage with a solid-state, nanotube-based supercapacitor that can be deeply integrated into the manufacture of devices.
10 Aug 2011

Dream screens from graphene
Technology developed at Rice could revolutionize touch-screen displays.
2 Aug 2011

Energy storage device as small as it can possibly get
The Rice lab of Professor Pulickel Ajayan has packed an entire lithium ion energy storage device into a single nanowire.
17 Feb 2011

Graphene from sugar for solar energy harvesting
Rice researchers have learned to make pristine sheets of graphene, the one-atom-thick form of carbon, from plain table sugar and other carbon-based substances.
10 Jan 2011

Advantages of three dimensional microbatteries
Rice University researchers have moved a step closer to creating robust, three-dimensional microbatteries that would charge faster and hold other advantages over conventional lithium-ion batteries.
9 Dec 2010

Solar powered tablet PC for Indian school children
The I-slate is the first of a series of electronic notepads being built around a new class of green, power-stingy microchips that use a fraction of the electricity of today's computer chips.
23 Nov 2010

Water could hold answer to graphene nanoelectronics
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute developed a new method for using water to tune the band gap of the nanomaterial graphene, opening the door to new graphene-based transistors and nanoelectronics.
27 Oct 2010

Triple-mode transistors show potential
Rice researchers introduce graphene-based amplifiers
13 Jul 2010

Graphene could be used for touch-screen displays
New research could yield novel composites and touch-screen displays.
24 Mar 2010

Nanobased printed RFID will reduce the cost of printing tags
Long checkout lines could be history with a new printable transmitter that can be invisibly embedded in packaging.
2 Mar 2010

Rice researchers make graphene hybrid
Rice University researchers have found a way to stitch graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) into a two-dimensional quilt that offers new paths of exploration for materials scientists.
11 Nov 2009

Breakthrough in industrial-scale nanotube processing
Rice University scientists have unveiled a method for the industrial-scale processing of pure carbon-nanotube fibers that could lead to revolutionary advances in materials science, power distribution and nanoelectronics.
8 Apr 2008

Researchers develop darkest manmade material
The darkest material ever measured has been created by researchers in the US, making it 4 times darker than the previous recorded record.