Videos
Graphene for the baffled
In October the Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to two researchers from Manchester University for their work on Graphene. But if, like much of the world, you’re left wondering just what graphene is, and why it deserves a Nobel Prize, then help is at hand. With the aid of science video communication charity, the Vega Science Trust, the COST Action MP0901 "NanoTP" has produced two short videos explaining graphene and its amazing properties. The videos are written and presented by Jonathan Hare, and show how amazingly graphene can be produced using just a pencil and some sticky tape. Jonathan has previously appeared in BBC Science programmes such as “Rough Science” and now runs the Creative Science Centre in Sussex
Video 1 - What is Graphene?
Video 2 - Graphene and the Carbon Revolution
Introduction to solar cells
One of the major areas of application for new nanomaterials is in the next generation of solar cells. In this video commissioned by NanoTP, Dr. Jonathan Hare gives a nice introduction to the field of solar cells and solar capture. There is also an information sheet available here with much more details.COST Interview 2010 Physics Nobel Prize Winner Konstantin Novoselov
See the video here.
There is also an official press-release and associated media.