2014
Financial Times - High hopes for graphene (23rd Nov.)
TEDxManchester (20th June)
CNBC's 'The Edge' - Graphene at the University of Manchester (30th Jan.)
On the verge of a graphene gold rush (15th Jan.)
Financial Times (Subscription required)
Graphene investors take a bite at the market (23/11)
Sunday Times Magazine
This burnt kebab will change the way we make planes, have sex, purify water — and will give you night vision (21/09)
Twisted graphene chills out
The University of Manchester (15/09)
Graphene surfaces on plasmonic racetracks
The University of Manchester (29/07)
The New Indian Express
Tech Guru (25/05)
CNN Money
The business potential of (amazing, wonderful, futuristic) graphene (12/05)
The Current - CBC Radio One (05/05)
Graphene: Revolutionary material or environmental foe?
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Reuters
In Britain, a battle to spin great science into gold (29/04)_
The New York Times
Bend It, Charge It, Dunk It: Graphene, the Material of Tomorrow (13/04)
2014 Budget
Manchester Evening News
Mancunian Matters
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Royal Society Pairing Scheme
Lucy Powell MP visits the National Graphene Institute
Royal Society Case Study
BBC World Service: Business Daily (22/01)
Elemental business: Carbon materials
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News coverage of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Explorations grant
2013
My TEDxOldham Talk (24th Oct 2013)
The One Show (11th June 2013)
ITV Granada News (18th April 2013)
Interview on BBC World News (15th Jan 2013)
Graphene - Live interview on 'Impact with Mishal Hussain', BBC World News, aired 15th Jan 2013
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The Documentary
Riding The Graphene Wave
BBC World Service Radio (pop-out player)
Gerry Northam looks at its move from the lab to the commercial world.
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Royal Society Pairing Scheme
From lab-bench to backbench (2/12/2013)
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News coverage of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Explorations grant
Interview on Newshour (BBC World service Radio) on 21/11/2013
Newshour
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Futurium - European Commission
Digital Agenda for Europe
Interview podcasts on the Future of Graphene
Direct ‘writing’ of artificial cell membranes on graphene
The University of Manchester (10/10/2013)
News articles compiled on Nat. Comms. website

‘Tense’ graphene joins forces with gold nano-antennas_
Manchester graphene website (04/10/2013)

Miracle material: the graphene revolution
Article in The Telegraph (10/06/2013)

How to make your own graphene
Wired magazine (03/06/2013)

Dessert Lionel Discs Episode Seven
Dr. Aravind Vijayaraghavan ... joins Andrew in Lionel for a spot of flan and a chat about music, growing up in India and, of course, Graphene.
listen to ‘Episode Seven: Dr Aravind Vijayaraghavan’ on Audioboo
Josh Award
I have been awarded the 2013 Joshua Phillips Award for Innovation in Science Engagement
Article (pdf) in Manchester Evening News (15/04/2013)

Graphene Membranes
News articles from
ITV Granada News (18th April 2013)
The University of Manchester (4th April 2013)

Graphene and Manchester
New video and website about Manchester as the home of graphene

UK 'losing out' in graphene patent race
Programme and interview on DW-Radio (Start 11:14)
Comments in DW print article

Related
Graphene Commercialisation: Assumptions and Realities
Interview with Clive Rowland, CEO of UMI³

Bendable phone, anyone?!
Programme and interview on DW-Radio

2012 (Click me)

BBC1 North West Today (13th March 2012)

BBC North West Today coverage of our 'Make your own graphene' outreach activity, during the National Science and Engineering Week. Also covered on BBC North West Tonight.
Graphene - The next world-changing material
Interview and article on Ask The Experts.
Graphite and Beyond: The Art and Science of Carbon
GV Art gallery London, presents a panel debate entitled "Graphite and Beyond: The Art and Science of Carbon", that took place on Thursday 8 November 2012. The panellists were:
Phillip Ball (chair) - a freelance writer.
Dr Alexandra Porter - is a senior Lecturer at Imperial College.
Anaïs Tondeur - is a visual artist.
Dr Aravind Vijayaraghavan - is a Lecturer at the University of Manchester.

Graphene cartoons!

_Short film produced by the European Graphene-Flagship initiative, introducing graphene, the 'wonder substance' set to revolutionise the electronics industry.
Introducing graphene (24th Nov 2011)
_ Short film introducing the European "Graphene-Flagship" initiative, aimed at bringing together a focused, interdisciplinary European research community targeting a radical technology shift, exploiting the unique properties of graphene and related two-dimensional materials.
Graphene Flagship (23rd Nov 2011)

Osborne and Willetts visit our clean-rooms (3rd Oct 2011)
George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer and David Willetts, Minister of State for Universities and Science, visit our clean-rooms, together with Dame Nancy Rothwell, President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manchester.
During the visit, the Chancellor laid out his plans for the creation of a Graphene Global Research and Technology Hub to commercialise graphene, part of almost £200m investment into science.

Related articles
£50m boost for graphene research
Could graphene be the new silicon?
Huge UK investment in Graphene will pay off, says Nobel prizewinner

2011 and older (Click me)

with Dr Kostya Novoselov and Dr. Aravind Vijayaraghavan about the
exhibit Graphene: unexpected science in a pencil line, part of the
Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2011.
Interview on 19th July 2011
Interview (audio, mp3) on 30th June 2011
with Dr Aravind Vijayaragahvan and Dr Branson Belle from the University of Manchester about their exhibit Graphene: unexpected science in a pencil line

Interview (audio, mp3) on 14th July 2011
with Dr. Aravind Vijayaraghavan for Physics World, at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2011. Full article here (registration required)
Interview and demonstration with Dr. Aravind Vijayaraghavan and Dr. Branson Belle on how to make graphene using the 'Scotch-tape' method, the properties and applications of graphene.
Full article on Physics World.

Click here for a previous video demonstration by Dr. Kostya Novoselov on making and finding graphene.
How to make graphene (Sept 29th 2011)
VC-SEM of Carbon Nanotubes with Defects
Sequence of VC-SEM images of a nanotube with left: structural point-defect formed during growth, such as 7-5 defects. right: electronic defect introduced by low-energy electron irradiation. Gate voltage as indicated in the frames.

Voltage Contrast Scanning Electron Microscopy (VC-SEM)
Part 2: Imaging defects and junctions in carbon nanotubes
Reference: Vijayaraghavan, A., et. al. Carbon 2010
VC-SEM of Carbon Nanotube Device Arrays
Sequence of VC-SEM images taken at gate voltage of left: 0 to -20 V right: 0 to +20 V in steps of 1V of a representative region of the device array consisting of 10 functional nanotube devices. The common drain (bottom electrode) is grounded and the independent sources (top electrodes) are floating. Devices 2, 4, 7, 8 are metallic; devices 1, 3, 6 and 9 are semiconducting.
VC-SEM of Carbon Nanotube Devices
Sequence of VC-SEM images of left: metallic carbon nanotube and right: semiconducting carbon nanotube taken at gate voltage of 0 to -20V and 0 to +20V in steps of 1V. The common drain (bottom electrode) is grounded and the independent source (top electrode) is floating.

Voltage Contrast Scanning Electron Microscopy (VC-SEM)
Part 1: Distinguishing metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes
Reference: Vijayaraghavan, A., et. al. Nano Research 2008