Discussion»Questions»Science and Technology» Have you heard of the new material called Graphene .it's just one atom thick and 200 times stronger than steel and harder than diamonds.
This stuff is marvelous. It would be great if they could develop a breathable skin we could dip ourselves into and eliminate any need for hand guns ever again.
Graphene From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Not to be confused with Graphite, Grapheme, Graphane, or Graphyne. Graphene is an atomic-scale hexagonal lattice made of carbon atoms.
Graphene is a semi-metal with a small overlap between the valence and the conduction bands (zero bandgap material).[1] It is an allotrope (form) of carbon consisting of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice.[2][3] It is the basic structural element of many other allotropes of carbon, such as graphite, diamond, charcoal, carbon nanotubes and fullerenes. File:Graphene and Dirac Cones.ogvPlay media Graphene and its band structure and Dirac cones, effect of a grid on doping
It can be considered as an indefinitely large aromatic molecule, the ultimate case of the family of flat polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.[4]
Graphene has many uncommon properties. It is the strongest material ever tested,[5] efficiently conducts heat and electricity, and is nearly transparent. Graphene shows a large and nonlinear diamagnetism,[6] greater than that of graphite, and can be levitated by neodymium magnets.
Scientists theorized about graphene for years. It had been unintentionally produced in small quantities for centuries, through the use of pencils and other similar graphite applications. It was originally observed in electron microscopes in 1962, but it was studied only while supported on metal surfaces.[7] The material was later rediscovered, isolated, and characterized in 2004 by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at the University of Manchester.[8][9] Research was informed by existing theoretical descriptions of its composition, structure, and properties.[10] This work resulted in the two winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010 "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material
I'm fasinated by sicence....Nano technology is just amazing and far far above me really...I've just been watching a documentary about it and found it all so fascinating...