Graphene flexible films for Sensing & Printed Electronics
Grapheal realizes flexible graphene sensors, digital by design, minimalistic in components, with capabilities to detect and dose analytes with a simple smartphone. By mastering the entire value chain, from the synthesis of high-quality, low-cost monolayer graphene, to the analysis of digital data, Grapheal is determined to democratize the use of this new, eco-friendly and safe material worldwide, bringing to market disruptive and sustainable solutions for battery-free, sensitive and responsive digital sensors.
Graphene is an atomically-thin layer of graphitic carbon that offers a never seen before combination of properties, enabling new possibilities in terms of design and functionality.
The production of current silicon sensors is still complex and costly, making them unfit for the future consumer IoT.
Silicon-based sensors
Grapheal sensors
2130.0 kWh/kg
is consumed
during the manufacturing process of silicon wafers
60.0 %
is wasted
during the manufacturing process of silicon wafers
Awarded the Nobel Prize in 2010, graphene has given rise to a new field of science (2D nanoelectronics) which is already opening up astonishing new possibilities for a frugal and revolutionary technology. As a two-dimensional, i.e. a volume-less material, electrical currents are forced to flow across graphene surface, optimizing their coupling with the environment, leading to high-precision, versatile sensors that can accurately target trace levels of multiple analytes such as contaminants or pathogens simultaneously.
It only needs
few resources
to produce
It requires very
low energy
to operate
It needs fewer
components
to operate
It's connected
wirelessly
Virtually any industry where field analytics and diagnostics are key, and current IoT solutions are either not suitable or not economically or environmentally viable.
Agri-food
Renewable Energies
Security & Law Enforcement
Sports & Wellness
Veterinary
Healthcare
Resulting from more than two decades of know-how in design and fabrication of Quantum Molecular Devices, our R&D team has developed a proprietary technology backed by strong international IP (22+ patents). Our tech is ready to scale.
Chemical sensitive layer
Graphene production & integration
Embedded electronics
RFID / NFC + UHF
IoT / Mobile App & Cloud
Monolayer graphene is functionalized to become sensitive to a specific target. Then, when it detects changes in the target, its electric conductivity is modified.
The printed electrodes detect this change of conductivity
and translate it into an electrical analog current signal.
The System-on-Chip computes the sensors signals: it makes
the data digital and store them.
The antenna enables wireless communication
& harvest energy to power the sensors.
A large detection spectrum enabling
wide multi-probes analytical analyses
Functionalizing graphene with specific receptors allows to target specific biomarkers.
Gases
Ionic strength & pH
Hormones & small molecules
DNA
Proteins & viruses
Bacteria
Grapheal is already working on POC products with industrial partners for each of these use cases. By manufacturing true monolayer graphene on flexible substrates, Grapheal enables next-generation sustainable and cost-effective sensor platforms especially when coupled with IOTs . Grapheal’s patented technology is expected to reduce sensor production cost by 10x and carbon footprint by 5x, thanks to unique materials, processes, and integration. Grapheal partners with industry leaders in their respective fields, such as wound care, wearable technology, and industry Sensors, to bring millions of new products to the market over the next years.
In essence, Grapheal produces unique
embedded, flexible and portable digital sensors
Discover our first products based on Grapheal's core technology.
High performance transparent conducting films based on monolayer graphene laminated on plastic films.
Suitable for ITO replacement with numerous applications in Optoelectronics such as Photovoltaics, Smart windows, transparent sensors & flexible displays.
RFID UHF gas & water sensors enable on-site detection of trace amounts of pollutants in gases and liquid phases, suitable for environment monitoring, pollution & leak detection as well as process monitoring.
Digital test strips delivering a multiplex, fast and sensitive biodetection for field tests & point-of-care diagnostics. Read more
Patches for sweat analysis & Smart bandages
for continuous monitoring of
wound healing. Read more.
GraphLAB is a testing R&D Instrument dedicated for characterization of Graphene Biosensors. Read More
Thanks to their embedded antenna & system on chip, Grapheal’s sensing line of products enables a seamless display of results and continuous data acquisition in real time & data logging with either local storage or streaming .
Grapheal gathers an experienced and cross-disciplinary team from bio to digital. As a spin-off from a leading research center, Grapheal has been founded by the researchers at the origin of the technology with a clear go-to-market vision.
Vincent Bouchiat
CEO, Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer
Behnaz Djoharian
Co-founder & Chief Digital Officer
Wim van Criekinge
Co-founder of 6+ life science startups
Philippe Andreucci
Co-founder of APIX Analytics & CEO of InjectPower
Jan van den Berghe
Co-Founder of Novalis Bio-Tech
Mohamed Habib
Immunoassays & Clinical studies
Farshad Foroughi
Electronics & Embedded systems
Virginie Perrot
Sensors
Riadh Othmen
Nanomaterials
Kokoura Mensah
Physico-chemistry
Kouroche Bouchiat
Data Science
Grapheal is recognized as a leader by its peers and supported by a number of prestigious institutions. It is an alumni of prestigious incubator and accelerator program such as HEC Challenge+ , Mass Challenge and Creative Destruction Lab.
Latest news at Grapheal
Grapheal and EDYTEM laboratory fine-tune portable sensor for detecting water-borne PFASThis miniature sensor, developed by ‘Fluorograph’ joint laboratory, offer rapid on-site measurement of traces of ‘forever chemicals’, at values below European Union threshold. Read More.
Grapheal is showcasing its wireless connected sensors solutions for air, water, and healthcare monitoring at the COP28 in the UAE. Read more.
Khalifa University of Science and Technology’s Research and Innovation Centers CMAT & RIC2D together with Grapheal today announced the first step of a strategic partnership to industrialize and commercialize graphene-based biosensors. Read More
Grapheal is participating in a 6M€ research projet supported by the EU's Graphene Flagship for the realization of a novel diagnostic system for early Alzheimer's disease detection. Read more.
Grapheal is selected by Challenges magazine in its 2023 ranking of the best French startups to invest in. Read more.
Grapheal is among the 40 companies selected for Second Annual Mission for the Future Program organized by LG NOVA. Read more.
Grapheal has won the first prize at the regional Digital InPulse competition organized by Comité Richelieu and Huawei France. Read more.
Grapheal’s “WoundLAB” receives a US National Academy of Medicine QuickFire Challenge award of $250,000. Read more.
Grapheal launches GraphLAB, a precision instrument for characterization of G-FET transistors compatible with the biosensors of Graphenea. Read more.
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