Manchester University and National Physical Laboratory enter agreement to commercialise graphene.

Manchester University and the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have signed a memorandum of understanding that will see them work together to commercialise graphene.

The new partnership will see the launch of a joint centre of excellence. The university and the laboratory are hoping their combined forces will allow them to develop graphene to an industrially viable standard.

The material was originally discovered at Manchester. Despite being atom-thick and made up only of carbon molecules, the material has electronic conductivity…