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Image above represententing the Hofstadter Butterfly Phenomenon.

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.

Printable graphene inks enable ultrafast lasers in the terahertz range.

The first EU-China workshop, held in Beijing 29 June - 2 July 2017, provided an opportunity for researchers from Europe and China to communicate recent developments and setup future collaborations on graphene and related materials.

The second EU-Japan meeting, held in Barcelona during 6-8 May 2017, was an opportunity for graphene researchers from Europe and Japan to meet and discuss shared research questions and explore collaboration opportunities.

A layer-by-layer schematic (above) and an optical microscopic picture (below) of a graphene and boron nitride heterostructure device which shows unprecedented spin transport efficiency at room temperature. Credit: M. Gurram, S. Omar and B.J. van Wees, University of Groningen.

Founding members of the Aachen Graphene & 2D-Materials Center at the Kick-Off Meeting.

The Graphene Flagship's Spotlight series tells the stories behind the research. PhD student Santiago J. Cartamil-Bueno is involved in various graphene-related projects. He tells u about his work and his passion for science.

From left: Denis Descheemaeker (Airbus Emerging Technologies), Silvia Lazcano (Airbus Business Development and Partnership) ), Nobel Laureate Professor Konstantin Novoselov, Rafael G. Ripoll (Head of Airbus Commercial Aircraft in Spain). Copyright Airbus by Pablo Cabello.

Above a schematic of a fabricated graphene-molybdenum disulfide heterostructure spintronic device. Credit: Spin FET@Chalmers

Graphene membrane filters could help reduce the energy cost of producing heavy water and decontamination in nuclear power plants by up to one hundred times compared with current technologies.

Flagship researchers integrate graphene and quantum dots with CMOS technology to create an array of photodetectors, producing a high resolution image sensor. Image Credit: Fabien Vialla

Inspired by natural foams, researchers have developed graphene-containing composite foams by fermenting with yeast. The process gives the multifunctional composites unusual electrical and mechanical properties.