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Reducing Plastic Use in Food Packaging with Innovative New Materials

James Baker By James Baker Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Science and Engineering Posted: March 13, 2018

Finding ways to reduce the amount of plastic used in food packaging, while still ensuring products are protected and kept fresh, is an increasingly important challenge. James Baker, Chief Executive Officer of Graphene@Manchester, explains how the answer could lie in the use of novel 2D materials. Changes in consumer perception and behaviour relating to plastic […]

Tagged With: advanced materials, consumption, environment, innovation, NGI, science & engineering, sustainability

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Policy, partnerships, collaborations; laying the foundations for graphene city

James Baker By James Baker Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted: May 7, 2014

As the government announces further support for the UK’s emerging graphene industry, James Baker from the National Graphene Institute says the emerging concept of a ‘graphene city’ can be a UK model for commercialising new scientific discoveries. Announcing new investments into graphene commercialisation in March’s Budget, Chancellor George Osborne described the material as a “great British discovery […]

Tagged With: Andre Geim, commercialisation, graphene, industrial policy, NGI, patents

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