{"id":16351,"date":"2025-03-19T09:21:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T09:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kyorene.com\/staging\/?p=16351"},"modified":"2026-02-05T09:43:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:43:50","slug":"whatisgraphene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kyorene.com\/staging\/whatisgraphene\/","title":{"rendered":"What is graphene?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<strong>Graphene<\/strong>\u00a0is an allotrope of carbon which is a two-dimensional structure in a honeycomb lattice construction that is one-atom thick.\n\nWhen one million layers of\u00a0<strong>graphene<\/strong>\u00a0are stacked on top of each other they form graphite, a mineral consisting of carbon which is the most abundant material on earth.\n\n<strong>Graphene<\/strong>\u00a0was known, but not isolated, until 2004 by two researchers from Manchester University who were awarded a Nobel Prize in 2010 for its discovery.\n\n<strong>Graphene<\/strong>\u00a0is 1 million times thinner than a piece of paper and 200 times stronger than steel.\n\n<strong>Graphene<\/strong>\u00a0is harder than diamond, flexible, transparent &amp; conductive. Inherently bacteriostatic, thermal regulating and odor neutralizing.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-746 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kyorene.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/technology-02-980x545t3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kyorene.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/technology-02-980x545t3.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.kyorene.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/technology-02-980x545t3-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kyorene.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/technology-02-980x545t3-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<h2>How do we use graphene in our gloves?<\/h2>\nWe have patented a proprietary technology which transforms\u00a0<strong>graphene<\/strong>\u00a0into\u00a0<strong>fiber<\/strong>\u00a0and from there, into all kinds of high-protective textiles used in our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyorene.com\/staging\/products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>safety work gloves<\/strong>.<\/a>\n\nWe use graphene in our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyorene.com\/staging\/products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>gloves<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>by taking raw graphite and separating it down to the appropriate layers to which it becomes graphene. Next, we liquify the\u00a0<strong>graphene<\/strong>\u00a0turning it into Graphene Oxide (GO). From there, we covalently bond the Graphene Oxide (GO) to host yarns. As a result of the covalent bonding, the\u00a0<strong>graphene<\/strong>\u00a0cannot flake, shed, or come off the host yarn.\n\nBy bonding the\u00a0<strong>graphene<\/strong>\u00a0to the yarn that makes our\u00a0<strong>gloves<\/strong>, our\u00a0<strong>gloves<\/strong>\u00a0take on the incredible properties that\u00a0<strong>graphene<\/strong>\u00a0possesses.\n\n<strong>Graphene<\/strong>\u00a0is the perfect material to create safe and comfortable maintenance\u00a0<strong>gloves<\/strong>\u00a0that are suitable for many industries such as automotive, aerospace, warehousing or construction.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2232 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kyorene.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Homepage_Abrasion-1-scaled-1-1024x660.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kyorene.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Homepage_Abrasion-1-scaled-1-1024x660.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kyorene.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Homepage_Abrasion-1-scaled-1-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kyorene.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Homepage_Abrasion-1-scaled-1-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kyorene.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Homepage_Abrasion-1-scaled-1-1536x990.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kyorene.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Homepage_Abrasion-1-scaled-1-2048x1320.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n\n&nbsp;\n<div id=\"main-content\">\n\n\n<h2>Kyorene and the Verified Graphene Producer status<\/h2>\n<strong>Kyorene<\/strong>\u00a0has successfully achieved the official certification of\u00a0<strong>\u201cVerified Graphene Producer\u201d<\/strong>, administered by the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegraphenecouncil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Graphene Council<\/strong><\/a>\u201d, the largest and most trusted trade and professional body for the\u00a0<strong>graphene<\/strong>\u00a0sector.\n\nWe became 1 of only 5 companies in the world and the only glove company to earn the coveted\u00a0<strong>Verified Graphene Producer<\/strong>\u00a0certi\u00adfication.\n\nThis certification gives confidence that we are a reliable and capable partner to supply\u00a0<strong>graphene<\/strong>\u00a0materials and\u00a0<strong>graphene<\/strong>\u00a0enabled products as\u00a0<strong>high-protective work gloves<\/strong>.\n\nThe Veri\u00adfied Graphene Producer program is the only credential that includes independent 3rd party inspections of\u00a0<strong>graphene<\/strong>\u00a0production facilities, verifi\u00adcation of production methods, volumes, and quality control processes.\n\nOur\u00a0<strong>graphene-based gloves<\/strong> are safe to use and pose no known risks to the users.\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graphene\u00a0is an allotrope of carbon which is a two-dimensional structure in a honeycomb lattice construction that is one-atom thick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is graphene? 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