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For the third year running, Graphene Flagship researchers made an impact with a strong show of graphene technologies at Mobile World Congress, held in Barcelona between 26 February to 1 March 2018.

Wide Hogenhout of the EC flagship unit speaking at the Impact Assessment Workshop hosted by the Graphene Flagship.

In the image above are Ericsson researchers, Antonio D’Errico and Teresa Pepe, showing graphene-based photonic switch.

The Graphene Flagship returns to the GSMA Mobile World Congress, bringing with it the next generation of mobile technologies with interactive demonstrations in Sensors and IoT, Wearables and Health, Datacom and Energy.

Anne Goldberg has been voted a member of the Graphene Flagship Strategic Advisory Council, a group of scientific and technological experts whose task it is to advise the project on strategic research decisions as well as act as ambassadors for the Flagship.

The image above shows a schematic representation of the highly efficient out-of-plane heat transfer from graphene hot electrons (yellow glow), created by optical excitation (red beam), to hyperbolic phonon-polaritons in hBN (wave lines). Credit: ICFO

The Graphene Flagship's Spotlight explores the experience of the researchers behind the results. Lucia Lombardi has been involved in many different projects during her PhD. She spoke to the Graphene Flagship about how she balances her research.

In a successful collaboration between the Graphene Flagship and the European Space Agency, experiments testing graphene for two different space-related applications have shown extremely promising results. Based on these results, the Flagship are continuing to develop graphene devices for use in space.

In the image above are shown magnetic moments are formed when hydrogen atoms bond to carbon atoms in the honeycomb graphene lattice. The honeycomb lattice comprises two sublattices, and the moments align ferromagnetically (blue) when on the same sublattice and antiferromagnetically (orange) when on the opposing sublattice. Credit: C. Bickel/Science

Researchers from the Graphene Flagship have predicted and demonstrated a giant spin anisotropy in graphene, paving the way for new spintronic logic devices. This landmark collaborative effort shows the Flagship’s role in rapid progress, from theoretical concept to experimental confirmation.

Graphene composites could reduce reliance on critical raw materials for automotive, aerospace, and energy applications, as highlighted at a workshop co-hosted by EIT Raw Materials, Hub Innovation Trentino and the Graphene Flagship in Trento, Italy.

At the Tallinn Digital Summit, the Graphene Flagship showcased the potential of graphene and related materials to Heads of State and Government from across Europe with an array of interactive demonstrators and prototypes.

In a fully booked session at Graphene Week, the Graphene Flagship hosted a Graphene Connect workshop aimed at bringing together researchers from academia and industry involved in developing news materials for new technologies.

Lucian Covaci of the University of Antwerp details the characteristics and applications of transition metal dichalcogenides and the European project Trans2DTMD.