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CATEGORIES:Cambridge Network events
SUMMARY:Graphene - the new 'miracle' material for future t
 echnology - Dr. Andrea Ferrari\, Dr Stefano Borini
  and Quentin Tannock
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20120314T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20120314T210000
UID:TALK36903AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/36903
DESCRIPTION:Our March business lecture will inform us about gr
 aphene and the applications of this new material i
 nto many aspects of technology development. We wil
 l hear about the research being carried out in the
  University of Cambridge\, how UK research sits in
  the world arena and about a new European Graphene
  Alliance. \n\nTaken from graphite\, (‘pencil lead
 ’) graphene is being heralded as the new miracle m
 aterial. It is the strongest material in the world
 \; so strong that ‘an elephant balancing on a penc
 il on a sheet of the material as thin as cling-fil
 m’ (Prof James Hone\, University of Columbia) woul
 dn’t break it. It could be used for an enormous ar
 ray of applications\, similar to the way plastics 
 and carbon-fibre is used currently.  However\, its
  conductive properties mean that it has wide rangi
 ng applications in electronics.  And its flexibili
 ty means that one day you may be able to fold your
  iphone….\n\nTwo scientists in Manchester\, Andre 
 Geim and Konstantin Novoselov won the Nobel Prize 
 for Physics in 2010 in recognition of their work w
 ith teams in universities across the UK\, includin
 g Cambridge.  We’re very pleased that one of those
  scientists from Cambridge\, Prof Andrea Ferrari (
 pictured)\, will be talking to us about his work a
 nd the applications of graphene for the future. \n
 \nBut whilst the Nobel Prize winners are based in 
 the UK\, IP intelligence company CambridgeIP has i
 dentified that UK academic institutions hold far f
 ewer graphene patents than their peers in China\, 
 South Korea and the USA’ (see the full article her
 e) which raises serious questions about how the UK
  can reap commercial returns on investment for cur
 rent research. \n\nThe Cambridge Nokia Research Ce
 ntre is working with key companies across Europe i
 nterested in turning graphene science into technol
 ogy. Their planned consortium\, a ‘Graphene Allian
 ce’ aims to formulate and sharpen a technology roa
 dmap across Europe.  We’re delighted to have Dr St
 efano Borini to talk about this alliance.\n\nSpeak
 ers:\nProf Andrea Ferrari\, Dept of Engineering\, 
 University of Cambridge\nProf Ferrari is Professor
  of Nanotechnology and Royal Society Wolfson Resea
 rch Merit Award Holder. He is the head of the Nano
 materials and Spectroscopy Group at the University
  of Cambridge Engineering Department and Nanoscien
 ce Centre. He is Professorial Fellow of Pembroke C
 ollege.\n(http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/nms/people/ac
 f26.html)\n \nStefano Borini\, Cambridge-NOKIA Res
 earch Centre (NRC)\nDr. Stefano Borini is a Princi
 pal Researcher in the Nanosensing group at Nokia R
 esearch  Center (NRC) in Cambridge UK. Stefano has
  been a researcher at the Italian National Institu
 te for Metrological Research (INRIM) for some year
 s\, working on nanodevices for metrological applic
 ations. He has just joined NRC\, where he is invol
 ved in the development of graphene technology for 
 future mobile devices.  (http://research.nokia.co
 m/locations) \n\nQuentin Tannock\, Chairman & co-f
 ounder\, CambridgeIP\nCambridgeIP is a provider of
  business intelligence\, technology mapping\, tech
 nology market research\, technology evaluation\, I
 P strategy and innovation policy services and trai
 ning to private and public organisations in high-t
 echnology sectors\n(http://cambridgeip.com/)\n\n\n
 \nCambridge Network members can attend for free an
 d non-members must pay £50 + VAT to attend \n\nTo 
 register please go to www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/e
 vents\n \nThe next event in this series is 'Econom
 ic growth of Cambridgeshire' speaker Cllr Nick Cla
 rke and Neville Reynor - 17th April 2012.
LOCATION:Robinson College Auditorium\, Grange Road\, Cambri
 dge\, CB3 9AN
CONTACT:Louise Rushworth
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