GRAPHENE INNOVATION CENTRE            

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Context

• The Kerala government, recently, announced the country’s first Graphene Innovation Centre.

 

Details

• Venture: It is a joint venture of Digital University of Kerala, Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) and Tata Steel Limited.
• Mandate: It is expected to offer students, researchers, established industries, and budding start-ups, an opportunity to test and experiment with new innovative products.
• Aim: It aims to be an anchor point to promote startups and commercial research.
• Significance: It would help attract investors to develop graphene products. The project would give a major fillip for scientific research as well as the state’s industrial sector.

 

About Graphene

• Graphene is an allotrope of carbon consisting of a single layer of atoms arranged in a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice
• It is the building-block of Graphite. It is the thinnest, most electrically and thermally conductive material in the world, while also being flexible, transparent and incredibly strong.
• Graphene is also known as a wonder material due to its vast potential in the energy and medical world.

 

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