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Inov-8 adds graphene to its X-Talon range of footwear

The collaboration between the University of Manchester and British sportswear brand Inov-8, which started in 2017 and has already produced the G-Series range of graphene-enhanced shoes and a pair of hiking boots which utilize graphene, has now expanded further.

Since launching in 2008, the X-Talon has been Inov-8’s best-selling off-road footwear collection. Now, the brand announced that they have evolved the range with the graphene-enhanced X-Talon G 235. Collaborating with graphene experts at The University of Manchester, Inov-8 has been able to infuse the material into its rubber outsoles which deliver “insane stickiness and increased durability” when running on slick, uneven surfaces.

The Graphene Flagship launches Airbus-Backed Project for graphene-based thermoelectric ice protection systems

The Graphene Flagship has announced the GICE Spearhead Project - development of a graphene-based thermoelectric ice protection system, that will aim to advance the technology readiness of graphene in such applications. The GICE project will attempt to use graphene to improve existing technology for this application.

Graphene is seen as an ideal material to keep aircraft parts ice free, without affecting aerodynamic properties. Based on the work performed by various partners of the Graphene Flagship during earlier research phases, graphene-based ice protection systems are already in development, albeit at a low technology readiness level. The goal of the newly launched GICE project is to advance these technologies to higher maturity by developing three technology demonstrators for specific use cases needed by key industrial partners, including Airbus and Sonaca.

The government of Guangzhou to subsidize graphene-enhanced display technologies

The government of the Guangzhou province in China announced that it aims to help its local display industry and has allocated large funds - up to 2 billion RMB (around $285 million USD) in subsidies per company. The government aims to establish production fabs of emerging displays - and specifically mentioned graphene-enhanced display technologies.

Other technologies detailed in the announcement include OLEDs, Micro-LEDs, QD-LEDs, 3D displays and e-paper displays.

Researchers develop a graphene-titania photocatalyst that gets rid of NOx pollutants

Graphene Flagship partners the University of Bologna, Politecnico di Milano, CNR, NEST, Italcementi HeidelbergCement Group, the Israel Institute of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, and the University of Cambridge have developed a graphene-titania photocatalyst that degrades up to 70% more atmospheric nitrogen oxides (NOx) than standard titania nanoparticles in tests on real pollutants.

The team working on photocatalytic coatings, coordinated by Italcementi, HeidelbergCement Group, Italy, developed a new graphene-titania composite with significantly more powerful photodegradation properties than bare titania. "We answered the Flagship's call and decided to couple graphene to the most-used photocatalyst, titania, to boost the photocatalytic action," comments Marco Goisis, the research coordinator at Italcementi. "Photocatalysis is one of the most powerful ways we have to de-pollute the environment, because the process does not consume the photocatalysts. It is a reaction activated by solar light," he continues.

The best of 2019 - top graphene stories on Graphene-Info

2019 has just ended - and it was quite a year for the graphene industry. Slow but real progress is evident, as more and more graphene-based products reach the market and graphene starts to fulfill its promise and move from the lab to the market.

Click here to find out what were the top 10 stories posted on Graphene-Info in 2019, ranked by popularity (i.e. how many people read the story).

Global Graphene Group (G3) and Alison Asia Pacific signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for business over the next five years. Alison plans to purchase over 300 metric tons of graphene-enhanced silicon oxide anode material from G3.

Talga Resources announced the commencement of a new large-scale commercial trial of its Talcoat graphene additive for maritime coatings.

Saint Jean Carbon announced that it has been awarded two graphene-related projects from K-Technology USA.

Researchers from Israel's Weizmann Institute and the UK's Manchester University succeeded in imaging electrons' hydrodynamic flow pattern for the first time using a novel scanning probe technique.

The Graphene Flagship committed €45 million to invest in eleven commercialization projects led by key industrial partners in Europe such as Airbus, Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles, Lufthansa Technik, Siemens, and ABB.

Graphenea announced the launch of a new product – highly flat monolayer graphene. The graphene is grown by CVD on copper thin film on a 2” sapphire substrate.

Researchers at the India-based Uttarakhand Residential University, RI Instruments and Innovationin produced a prototype of a graphene-based technology to prevent vehicles from operating if the driver is drunk.

Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) researchers succeeded in synthesizing a unique nanographene predicted in the 1970s, which demonstrates that carbon in very specific forms has magnetic properties that could permit future spintronics applications.