Graphene-Info: the graphene experts

Versarien has stated that it is in financial talks to avoid a financial crisis, and unless further external financing is received it would “cease to be able to pay its liabilities as they fall due by mid-May 2025”.

In comments accompanying its annual results, Versarien said: “As at 25 March 2025 the group has a current bank balance of £0.90m and headroom on its invoice discounting facilities of £0.05m totaling £0.95m, which includes £0.6m relating to specific grant funding to be used over the next two years". “The board is currently in advanced discussions with a third party with a view to raising equity funding of £0.5m before mid-May 2025 at a premium to the current share price, which if completed, will equate to approximately 15% of the company’s enlarged share capital".

2D Generation has entered into a strategic partnership with Tel Aviv University’s Jan Koum Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (TAU Nano Centre) to accelerate the development of its graphene-based interconnect technologies. 

TAU Nano Centre is a leading research facility driving innovation in nanofabrication, microelectro-mechanical systems, nanomaterials and semiconductors using state-of-the-art tools and a world-class team of scientists and engineers. It houses an 800-square-metre cleanroom, advanced imaging tools and more than 40 fabrication instruments to provide a world-class environment for academic and industrial research. 

Researchers from Peking University and Beijing Normal University have reported orbital hybridization in graphene-based quantum dots, revealing how anisotropic confinement influences electronic states at the atomic scale. This represents a significant milestone in quantum physics and materials science, bridging the conceptual and experimental gap between artificial systems and the behaviors of real atoms.

Quantum dots, often described as artificial atoms, have been known to mimic certain characteristics of atomic orbitals. These nanostructures can recreate discrete energy levels and have successfully demonstrated artificial bonding and antibonding states. However, until now, they had not been used to simulate orbital hybridization—a fundamental process in real atoms where orbitals of different shapes and symmetries mix to form new, hybrid orbitals. This omission has limited the ability of artificial atoms to fully emulate the complexities of atomic structure. Moreover, a basic understanding of how anisotropic confinement—the directional variation in the spatial boundaries of a quantum dot—affects the potential for hybridization had been lacking.

AIXTRON has announced it has become a partner in the “GraFunkL” research project for the use of novel graphene-enhanced UVC LEDs, which, among other things, are to be used against multi-resistant hospital pathogens. 

GraFunkL stands for “Graphene as a functional layer in UVC LEDs”. Additional partners in the project are the Materials for Electrical Engineering department headed by Prof. Dr. Gerd Bacher (University of Duisburg-Essen, UDE), Aachen-based Protemics GmbH, which specializes in terahertz measurement technology, and Regensburg-based ams-OSRAM International GmbH, a pioneer in lighting and sensor technologies. The project will be funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with EUR 2.1 million over the next three years.

Frontier IP Group has announced that its portfolio company, 2D Photonics, has raised €25 million in a Series A funding round to advance the development of graphene photonics transceivers.  2D Photonics is closely related to CamGraPhIC - 2D Photonics is the parent company, with CamGraPhIC's operations in both the UK and Italy operating under its umbrella. 

This funding will enable the company to scale up production and establish a pilot manufacturing plant, positioning it at the forefront of next-generation optical technology.

Graphene Manufacturing Group (GMG) has announced that it has completed its previously announced bought deal offering for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of C$5,796,000 (around US$4,020,000).

The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering to expand its production capacity to increase sales, continue ongoing research and development to progress the Graphene Aluminium-Ion Battery with the Battery Innovation Center of Indiana, prepare to uplist on a major United States exchange and working capital and general corporate purposes.

Researchers from Yale University, California Institute of Technology, City University of New York, Kansas State University and ETH Zurich have reported a new way of generating long-wave infrared and terahertz waves. The work could pave the way towards cheaper, smaller long-wave infrared light sources and more efficient device cooling.

Phonon-polaritons are a unique type of electromagnetic wave that occurs when light interacts with vibrations in a material's crystal lattice structure. These phonon-polariton waves exhibit several unique characteristics. For example, they can concentrate the energy of long-wavelength infrared light into extremely small volumes, even down to tens of nanometers, as well as effectively move heat away from the source. This makes phonon-polaritons ideal for high-tech applications like sub-wavelength imaging, molecular sensors, and heat management within electronics. However, research on phonon-polariton waves has thus far mainly focused on fundamental studies in laboratory settings, with practical device applications remaining largely unexplored.