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Cambridge partners in new €1 billion European Quantum Flagship

29 October 2018

The University of Cambridge is a partner in the Quantum Flagship, one of the most ambitious long-term research and innovation initiatives of the European Commission, funded under the Horizon 2020 programme with a budget of €1 billion over the next ten years.

Graphene shows unique potential to exceed bandwidth demands of future telecommunications

12 October 2018

Graphene enables ultra-wide bandwidth communications coupled with low power consumption, surpassing the needs of 5G, IoT and Industry 4.0.

Cambridge researchers discover quintons - a new quasiparticle in layered materials

14 September 2018

Understanding quintons could speed up communications and bring new functionalities in quantum technologies

Tunable third harmonic generation in graphene paves the way to high-speed communications

30 May 2018

Researchers have shown for the first time gate tunable third harmonic generation in graphene. This could enable on-chip broadband optical switches for data transport in optical systems, leading to faster, more reliable ultra-broad bandwidth transfers.

Dr Luigi Occhipinti joins the Cambridge Graphene Centre

1 February 2018

The Cambridge Graphene Centre welcomes Dr Luigi Occhipinti as Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer.

Zero Gravity Graphene Promises Success in Space

1 February 2018

In a series of exciting experiments conducted in November and December, Cambridge Graphene Centre researchers experienced weightlessness testing graphene’s application in space.

State-of-the-art new facilities open at Cambridge Graphene Centre

23 November 2017

The Cambridge Graphene Centre is pleased to announce the opening of two new high-specification facilities: cleanrooms for precision fabrication of electrical and optoelectronic devices and a dryroom for large-scale battery prototypes.

Tough stuff: Spider silk enhanced with graphene-based materials

14 September 2017

Natural spider silk has excellent mechanical properties. Researchers from the Graphene Flagship have found a way to boost the strength of spider’s silk using graphene-based materials, paving the way for a novel class of high-performance bionic composites.

Graphene-based terahertz absorbers

14 September 2017

Graphene Flagship researches create a terahertz saturable absorber using printable graphene inks with an order of magnitude higher absorption modulation than other devices produced to date.

Zero Gravity: Graphene for Space Applications

25 July 2017

The Cambridge Graphene Centre are involved in one of two Graphene Flagship experiments testing graphene in zero-gravity conditions that will be launched in November.

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Cambridge Graphene Centre: a springboard for talents

2 March 2023

Image caption: CGC alumni clockwise from top left: Ellen Smith, Anna Ott, Silvia Milana, Flavia Tomarchio The mission of the Cambridge Graphene Centre is to investigate the science and technology of graphene, carbon allotropes, layered crystals and hybrid nanomaterials. Throughout its first decade as a locus for pioneering...

Graphene Goes to Space and to the Moon

9 December 2022

New rocket and lunar experiments involving graphene are informing space exploration. Applying graphene to the wheels of the Rashid moon rover will reveal whether this super strong material is also ‘Moon-proof’. Meanwhile, testing graphene-inks in a sounding rocket will test their ability to enable 3D printing in space –...

CGC receives European Innovation Council ‘Transition Grant’ to develop cancer imaging technologies

14 February 2022

The European Innovation Council (EIC) has awarded the first Transition Grant to the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. The project CHARM —chemometric histopathology via coherent Raman imaging for precision medicine— has received over €3.2 million to develop new medical imaging technologies . EIC...