{"id":611608,"date":"2024-03-06T17:17:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/graphene-creator-hails-new-wonder-materials-for-smart-contact-lenses\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T17:17:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:17:22","slug":"graphene-creator-hails-new-wonder-materials-for-smart-contact-lenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/graphene-creator-hails-new-wonder-materials-for-smart-contact-lenses\/","title":{"rendered":"#Graphene creator hails new &#8216;wonder materials&#8217; for smart contact lenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d8b1239058\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d8b1239058\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/graphene-creator-hails-new-wonder-materials-for-smart-contact-lenses\/#From_lab_to_factory\" >From lab to factory<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/graphene-creator-hails-new-wonder-materials-for-smart-contact-lenses\/#Shining_a_light_on_health_and_AI\" >Shining a light on health and AI<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            <span>A Nobel <\/span><span>Laureate <\/span><span>who co-created graphene has made another discovery that could turbocharge numerous futuristic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications, from smart contact lenses to rapid disease detection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Konstantin Novoselov, who won the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/physics\/laureates\/2010\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">2010 Nobel Prize for Physics<\/a>, is among a group of scientists behind the breakthrough. The team announced today that they\u2019ve unearthed unique properties in two unusual compounds: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rhenium diselenide and rhenium disulfide \u2014 aka ReSe2 and ReS2. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The duo comes from the same family of 2D structures as graphene: the thinnest, strongest, and most thermally conductive material known to exist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ReSe2 and ReS2 also have special attributes. Both of them can<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">create a novel form of light manipulation,\u00a0which holds immense technological potential.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper latest channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/events.tnw\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/div>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/events.tnw\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<p class=\"channel-cta-title\">The &lt;3 of EU tech<\/p>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol&#8217; founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It&#8217;s free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like many scientific breakthroughs, these properties were discovered serendipitously. The scientists had been working with deeptech startup <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xpanceo.com\/\">Xpanceo<\/a> on a next generation of computing interfaces: smart contact lenses that create an infinite extended reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To fulfil this grand ambition, the lenses would need extraordinary optical performance. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Xpanceo suspected that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ReS2 and ReSe2 could provide the underlying power. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a laboratory in Dubai, the research team tested the hypothesis. They learned that the materials were more powerful than they had expected.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_lab_to_factory\"><\/span>From lab to factory<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/physics\/2010\/novoselov\/facts\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Novoselov<\/span><\/a> described the lab\u2019s findings as<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cgroundbreaking.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<span>Our team made an exciting discovery,\u201d he told TNW via email. \u201cThe optical axes in these materials can move in different directions, even rotating more than 90 degrees for certain components.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis means that by adjusting the wavelength, we can change the direction of light. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This discovery has significant potential for various industries and applications, such as medicine, AI, and AR.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A study paper on the research was just published today\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-024-45266-3\">in Nature<\/a>. But Xpanceo is already planning the commercial applications.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1404590 js-lazy\" alt=\"Photo of Xpanceo co-founder Valentyn Volkov behind a desk. Volkov wants to us the graphene-like materials in smart contact lenses\" width=\"1640\" height=\"1091\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1640px) 100vw, 1640px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/03\/Dr.-Valentyn-Volkov_XPANCEO.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/03\/Dr.-Valentyn-Volkov_XPANCEO.jpg 1640w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/03\/Dr.-Valentyn-Volkov_XPANCEO-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/03\/Dr.-Valentyn-Volkov_XPANCEO-203x135.jpg 203w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/03\/Dr.-Valentyn-Volkov_XPANCEO-406x270.jpg 406w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/03\/Dr.-Valentyn-Volkov_XPANCEO-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/03\/Dr.-Valentyn-Volkov_XPANCEO-796x530.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/03\/Dr.-Valentyn-Volkov_XPANCEO-1592x1059.jpg 1592w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fdeep-tech%2F2024%2F03%2F06%2Fgraphene-nobel-winner-discovery-smart-contact-lenses%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Xpanceo co-founder Valentyn Volkov wants to apply the materials in optical devices, machine-learning computers, and laser-based blood tests.\" data-title=\"Share Xpanceo co-founder Valentyn Volkov wants to apply the materials in optical devices, machine-learning computers, and laser-based blood tests. on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Xpanceo co-founder Valentyn Volkov wants to apply the materials in optical devices, machine-learning computers, and laser-based blood tests. on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Xpanceo co-founder Valentyn Volkov wants to apply the materials in optical devices, machine-learning computers, and laser-based blood tests.<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1404590\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/03\/Dr.-Valentyn-Volkov_XPANCEO.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Xpanceo co-founder Valentyn Volkov behind a desk. Volkov wants to us the graphene-like materials in smart contact lenses\" width=\"1640\" height=\"1091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/03\/Dr.-Valentyn-Volkov_XPANCEO.jpg 1640w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/03\/Dr.-Valentyn-Volkov_XPANCEO-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/03\/Dr.-Valentyn-Volkov_XPANCEO-203x135.jpg 203w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/03\/Dr.-Valentyn-Volkov_XPANCEO-406x270.jpg 406w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/03\/Dr.-Valentyn-Volkov_XPANCEO-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/03\/Dr.-Valentyn-Volkov_XPANCEO-796x530.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/03\/Dr.-Valentyn-Volkov_XPANCEO-1592x1059.jpg 1592w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ReSe2 and ReS2 offer a new<\/span>\u00a0way for devices and applications to manipulate light. For <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Xpanceo, this paves a path towards merging every gadget into one unlimited field of view. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>By embedding the two materials into smart contact lenses, the startup plans to augment human colour perception. The optical upgrade could also enhance various applications, from XR vision to health monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s merely the start of the research team\u2019s ambitions.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shining_a_light_on_health_and_AI\"><\/span>Shining a light on health and AI<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Xpanceo<\/span> wants the materials to power <span>biochemical sensors \u2014\u00a0which could provide faster and cheaper blood testing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Such sensors harness a technique called Raman Spectroscopy, which uses lasers to analyse chemical structures. It\u2019s a promising approach for early disease diagnosis. But it\u2019s also expensive and technically complex.<\/p>\n<p>By enabling a new form<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0of light-matter interaction, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ReS2 and ReSe2 could cut the costs and enhance the performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey are anticipated to significantly reduce the expenses associated with hospital blood testing equipment, which is currently quite costly, potentially by several orders of magnitude,\u201d said <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valentyn Volkov, a Ukrainian scientist who co-founded of Xpanceo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis will also allow the detection of dangerous diseases and viruses, such as<\/span><span> cancer or COVID<\/span><span>, at earlier stages.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another potential application is <span id=\"urn:enhancement-511b2c39-552e-4fe6-aa89-c987e63049ff\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\" itemid=\"https:\/\/data.thenextweb.com\/tnw\/entity\/ai\">AI<\/span> computing. The researchers envision the materials into photonic circuits, which could create\u00a0fast and powerful computers for machine learning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Much work is still needed to bring the vision into reality. But for contact lens wearers, the future is already looking brighter.<\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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