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SUMMARY:Graphene - the new 'miracle' material for future technology - Dr. 
 Andrea Ferrari\, Dr Stefano Borini and Quentin Tannock
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CONTACT:Louise Rushworth
DESCRIPTION:Our March business lecture will inform us about graphene and t
 he applications of this new material into many aspects of technology devel
 opment. We will hear about the research being carried out in the Universit
 y of Cambridge\, how UK research sits in the world arena and about a new E
 uropean Graphene Alliance. \n\nTaken from graphite\, (‘pencil lead’) g
 raphene is being heralded as the new miracle material. 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-film’ (Prof James Hone\, 
 University of Columbia) wouldn’t break it. It could be used for an enorm
 ous array of applications\, similar to the way plastics and carbon-fibre i
 s used currently.  However\, its conductive properties mean that it has wi
 de ranging applications in electronics.  And its flexibility means that on
 e day you may be able to fold your iphone….\n\nTwo scientists in Manches
 ter\, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov won the Nobel Prize for Physics 
 in 2010 in recognition of their work with teams in universities across the
  UK\, including Cambridge.  We’re very pleased that one of those scienti
 sts from Cambridge\, Prof Andrea Ferrari (pictured)\, will be talking to u
 s about his work and the applications of graphene for the future. \n\nBut 
 whilst the Nobel Prize winners are based in the UK\, IP intelligence compa
 ny CambridgeIP has identified that UK academic institutions hold far fewer
  graphene patents than their peers in China\, South Korea and the USA’ (
 see the full article here) which raises serious questions about how the UK
  can reap commercial returns on investment for current research. \n\nThe C
 ambridge Nokia Research Centre is working with key companies across Europe
  interested in turning graphene science into technology. Their planned con
 sortium\, a ‘Graphene Alliance’ aims to formulate and sharpen a techno
 logy roadmap across Europe.  We’re delighted to have Dr Stefano Borini t
 o talk about this alliance.\n\nSpeakers:\nProf Andrea Ferrari\, Dept of En
 gineering\, University of Cambridge\nProf Ferrari is Professor of Nanotech
 nology and Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award Holder. He is the he
 ad of the Nanomaterials and Spectroscopy Group at the University of Cambri
 dge Engineering Department and Nanoscience Centre. He is Professorial Fell
 ow of Pembroke College.\n(http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/nms/people/acf26.html
 )\n \nStefano Borini\, Cambridge-NOKIA Research Centre (NRC)\nDr. Stefano 
 Borini is a Principal Researcher in the Nanosensing group at Nokia Researc
 h  Center (NRC) in Cambridge UK. Stefano has been a researcher at the Ital
 ian National Institute for Metrological Research (INRIM) for some years\, 
 working on nanodevices for metrological applications. He has just joined N
 RC\, where he is involved in the development of graphene technology for fu
 ture mobile devices.  (http://research.nokia.com/locations) \n\nQuentin
  Tannock\, Chairman & co-founder\, CambridgeIP\nCambridgeIP is a provider 
 of business intelligence\, technology mapping\, technology market research
 \, technology evaluation\, IP strategy and innovation policy services and 
 training to private and public organisations in high-technology sectors\n(
 http://cambridgeip.com/)\n\n\n\nCambridge Network members can attend for f
 ree and non-members must pay £50 + VAT to attend \n\nTo register please g
 o to www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/events\n \nThe next event in this series i
 s 'Economic growth of Cambridgeshire' speaker Cllr Nick Clarke and Neville
  Reynor - 17th April 2012.
LOCATION:Robinson College Auditorium\, Grange Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 9AN
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