Hometronics: Accessible production of graphene suspensions for health sensing applications using only household items

• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2401.15418
• Publication Date: 2024-01-27
• Authors: Adel K. A. Aljarid; J. W. L. Winder; Cencen Wei; Arvind Venkatraman; Oliver Tomes; Aaron Soul; Dimitrios G. Papa...; Matthias E. Möbius; Conor S. Boland
• Keywords: Chemistry; Condensed Matter - Materials Science; TA401-492; Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci); FOS: Physical sciences; Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials; QD1-999

Nanoscience at times can seem out of reach to the developing world and general public, with much equipment expensive knowledge seemingly esoteric nonexperts. Using only cheap, everyday household items, accessible research real applications be shown. Here, graphene suspensions were produced using pencil lead, tap water, kitchen appliances, soaps coffee filters, a childrens glue based nanocomposite for highly sensitive pulse measurements demonstrated.