Nobel Prize for Physics awarded ..
Nobel Prize time again. The Physics award went to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov for their research at Manchester University.
They have come up with "graphene", the thinnest and strongest material known to mankind. It's uses could be just about anywhere, but it will help move transistors and related technology to new levels..
That wafer thin TV could be only be a few years away :O)
so its stronger than steel...
its tensile strength is 200 times stronger....
its a semiconductor right???
what if we compare it with carbon fiber??
stronger?
lighter?
so i think the F1 cars will become more faster and stronger...
may be used to replace parts in cars also?
emm ya the bullet prof car will b lighter and faster...
and.......
it will replace computer chips also right?
more faster, less loss of energy in the form of heat...
emm...
sounds like excellent...
i like to know about its mechanical properties...
electrical properties etc...
may be it can be used to make faster planes rockets...
if the technology to build it can be tamed! Other than that its plain sensationalism at best.
It also conducts electrickery better than any other material, so it could revolutionise the industry..
The point is that it is only one atom thick. That will allow to make layers and layers of transistors, and billions of transistors on a conventional chip.
In april i tried to procure the material. A small invisible to the naked eye patch costs about 6000euros. The strips are now produced by a tech spin-off company, but they are unable to prevent the single molecule thick strips from folding.
It will be a long while until this technology is made commercially feasible and viable for use.
Yeah, I just read the wikipedia article on this one,
I hope this material will help making bullet proof jackets and more :) Strenght is i guess in terms of Isotropic stess/strain, which is true in case of kevlar as well.
It's uses may be different , but a lot more pervasive.
It is the thinnest material that is currently feasible, but about 200 times stronger than steel.
Thanks for sharing, but it wont replace kevlar any sooner