Some graphene firms have reaped its potential but others are struggling

by robaatoon 10/13/2025, 8:53 AMwith 34 comments

by jakedataon 10/13/2025, 10:14 AM

There are two distinct use cases spelled out in this article. Electronic and photonic technology incorporating graphene to improve performance and efficiency and "we added graphene to stuff". Graphene cement, graphene carbon fibre - 3000 tons of graphene expected from one company in 2026.

Try not to breathe any, studies are still pending but that stuff gets everywhere.

by theshrike79on 10/13/2025, 1:44 PM

I was studying an advanced degree at a school ~10 years ago and one of the teachers was "a bit" into graphene and they had done all kinds of cool stuff with it.

One example was a floor material for care homes that could detect pressure in a 2D sense, so the floor itself could detect "fall events" and track movement + gait etc.

And I think they had a prototype of a similar thing in Australia that weighed all trucks coming and going from a mine just under the road they drove, no need to stop on weighing stations.

No idea where that went.

Nowadays we'd do the fall detection with either a wrist device (any Apple Watch can do this) or cameras + "AI" detection. The floor is a lot more privacy preserving though, it only detected shapes and pressure.

by mxmilkiibon 10/13/2025, 12:02 PM

RIP Robert Murray-Smith, who decided to move on recently due to health and grief

their Making Graphene and Graphene Oxide playlist;

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbQqm4rNo6243e69xp-ZPUkYD...

a more recent 30m omnibus of a number of their graphene videos;

https://youtu.be/iqOCtEsMWjs

finishing with blood and milk and eggs!

their last video;

https://youtu.be/_RSiVrCsVH4

and after;

https://youtu.be/GhramXiUrY4

cheers mate :')

by chromeheartson 10/13/2025, 9:47 AM

I'll be 6 feet under, the day graphene hits the market - possibly in a graphene coffin

by Mengkudulangsaton 10/13/2025, 1:10 PM

If you are doing a lot of miniature photographies, black paints / fabrics made with graphene are great for lighboxes.

Musou black is what I tried.

by pedalpeteon 10/13/2025, 9:19 PM

We use graphene in silicone for long-lasting, comfortable, dry EEG electrodes.

I'll admit that it's pretty niche, but it is also used in tires, batteries, and as grounding in electronics.

It isn't the easiest stuff to work with, I'll admit, and we've done some experiments in nanotubes as well.

Happy to answer any questions.

by alansaberon 10/13/2025, 1:40 PM

We peaked at graphene for disposable lab gloves

by LatteLazyon 10/14/2025, 10:59 AM

The first trillionaire will be whoever owns the patent on mass producing graphene with controlled properties. I worked on that back in 2006. As far as I can tell no progress has been made.

by marcosfelton 10/13/2025, 12:25 PM

It's also worth noting how insular and toxic some parts of the graphene world can be.

by dcreateron 10/13/2025, 3:08 PM

"What we’ve solved is the ability to grow consistent ultra high-performance graphene and to build it into a device,"

Wait what? If this is actually true this Jensen is going to be the richest/most important. If $500B is being invested in Datacenters and this company is raising a few ten million, something isn't adding up here.

by fnord77on 10/13/2025, 2:07 PM

are the graphene clothing products (like graphene-x) just gimmicks?