{"id":236040,"date":"2026-04-27T22:34:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T03:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/room-temperature-vibrations-could-transform-how-industry-makes-graphene"},"modified":"2026-04-27T22:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T03:34:18","slug":"room-temperature-vibrations-could-transform-how-industry-makes-graphene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/room-temperature-vibrations-could-transform-how-industry-makes-graphene","title":{"rendered":"Room-temperature vibrations could transform how industry makes graphene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/room-temperature-vibrations-could-transform-how-industry-makes-graphene2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers have demonstrated a new technique for creating 2D materials that runs at room temperature and increases production rates tenfold over current methods, without using toxic solvents. Scientists led by Dr. Jason Stafford from the Department of Mechanical Engineering demonstrated the method can produce nanosheets of conductors, semiconductors and insulators, which are the building blocks of all digital devices and technologies produced today. The research is published in the journal <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/smll.202511652.\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Small<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Stafford said, \u201cOur work shows a new way of making 2D materials that overcomes the production capacity issues of current methods, while simultaneously embedding sustainable manufacturing practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2D materials are ultra-thin materials that consist of a few layers of atoms. They have unique electronic, thermal, and mechanical properties that differ significantly from their 3D counterparts, and are ideal components for next-generation electronics, energy and sensor technologies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have demonstrated a new technique for creating 2D materials that runs at room temperature and increases production rates tenfold over current methods, without using toxic solvents. Scientists led by Dr. Jason Stafford from the Department of Mechanical Engineering demonstrated the method can produce nanosheets of conductors, semiconductors and insulators, which are the building blocks [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,48,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engineering","category-particle-physics","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}