US COMPANY PRODUCES GRAPHENE-BASED CONDUCTIVE INKS
April 1st, 2012
ROBERT STOKES AND KEITH NUTHALL
AN AMERICAN company developing the new graphite-based nanomaterial graphene has produced an ink from this substance that has high electrical conductivity and can be used to make smart materials. Vorbeck Materials (Jessup, Maryland, USA) has created Vor-ink which can be used to print electronics on surfaces. A company note said it creates "robust films with outstanding flexibility and crease resistance" and even in thin coatings of 1 micron, "maintains its rated conductivity". Vorbeck says it can develop ...
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