Graphene sieve may have medical implications

A group of scientists at the University of Manchester made the front cover of Nature Nanotechnology by presenting a strategy that could potentially sieve common salt out of water rendering it safe to drink. This could have a major impact on access to clean drinking water for many globally. Graphene-oxide…

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Can water-based 2D material inks be used in healthcare?

In work recently published in Nature Nanotechnology, a group of scientists from the Universities of Manchester and Pisa demonstrated a simple way of engineering water-based 2D material inks. Using the new strategy, multi-stack fabrication was also achievable enabling the demonstration of all-inkjet-print heterostructure-based devices. The examples provided were arrays of photosensors  printed…

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2D-Health’s Kick-Off meeting at Chancellors

2D-Health held it’s Kick-off and Management Board meeting at Chancellors Hotel in Manchester over the 24th and 25th April 2017. The meeting gave everyone a chance to meet the industrial partners as well as the new recruits and to catch up on Theme research. Over the two days, each theme leader provided…

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Welcome to our new web site

We hope you find this new site useful. As well as providing information about the project and those involved, we will post news and information about upcoming events. We plan to develop it further in the coming months.

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2D-Health kicks off

After receiving the EPSRC award, the 2D-Health programme has begun (October 2016). We have recently held Theme meetings and are now planning our main Kick Off meeting, where industrial champions, academic leaders and post-doctoral researchers will come together to share their plans. The academic leaders are in the middle of…

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