so, is it just me or is carbon like, the most versatile and effective solution to pretty much everything ever?
@danheidel
10 жыл бұрын
Why do you think life uses it so much?
@onedickbutt
10 жыл бұрын
It's because a lot of elements can bond to it.
@ThrottleKitty
10 жыл бұрын
if not for carbon life wouldn't exist, so...
@MikeTheGamer77
10 жыл бұрын
Dylan Rogers As far as we know. I assume you forgot to put that at the end of your sentence.
@JGrffn
10 жыл бұрын
Mike The Gamer If you're referring to extraterrestrial life, then considering life here on earth is made up of pretty much the most abundant elements on the universe, I'd wager life across the universe should be pretty much based on the same or pretty similar elements, carbon most likely being among them.
@NotTooComplicated
10 жыл бұрын
Man, as a person with some understanding of technical science, but not nearly enough to make this so readily accessible, I just want to point out how incredible and valuable this show is. The execution is always flawless (even when it's not the amazing Hank!), and the writing is superb. The information is presented in a perfectly understandable way. Thank you guys!
@PotassiumBromide
8 жыл бұрын
How I imagine graphene was first made: "Hey let's see how thin we can get this graphite lol" "Lol ok" **makes 1 atom thick layer** "holy fuCK IT'S ONe laYEr THIcK"
@erebsargames9684
8 жыл бұрын
you are hilarious...
@PolygonDonut
7 жыл бұрын
lmao
@ParadoxAAA
7 жыл бұрын
next it will only be quark thick
@sIurz
7 жыл бұрын
*THICC
@electrosthefella
6 жыл бұрын
Quark thickness... For one, quarks are a theory. A very accepted theory, but still... How could they bond?
@l0b5terlick55
8 жыл бұрын
First, learn how to mass produce graphene, second, GRAPHENE EVERYTHING.
@kongwee1978
8 жыл бұрын
+L0b5terlick China is producing them. But a A4 sheet is still a couple tens of dollar.
@NowhereBeats
8 жыл бұрын
As a materials engineering student I learnt 2 things. Graphene and graphene oxide is great, but the practical uses are really limited. Also every material made in China is of terrible quality.
@travisvaughan8838
8 жыл бұрын
+Jaw Ji lol thats not true.
@commonsensedatcom
8 жыл бұрын
you dont know anything about graphene
@travisvaughan8838
8 жыл бұрын
+commonsensedatcom it is a new material who knows anything about it other than lab test....
@shannonjapan
10 жыл бұрын
Hank, I've been away from KZitem a long time now. Last I watched either you or John it was in the early days of Vlogbrothers. I'm happy to see how well you both have done and that your videos are as informative and entertaining as ever. You are both an endless source of knowledge and enjoyment.
@Whoami691
8 жыл бұрын
This will launch us forward into a new age. Imagine spaceships coated with this. Made of a light material (maybe plastic?) and coated with graphene... My Christ, our world could change in the next few years.
@adygombos4469
8 жыл бұрын
Did you miss the perfect heat conductor part?
@Whoami691
8 жыл бұрын
ady gombos Nope, but perhaps something between the two... like an insulator maybe....
@vilksian
8 жыл бұрын
+Whoami691 They've made a type of Areogel that combines traditional aerogel and Graphene...effectively making the lightest, strongest, and(one of the) most heat resistant substances ever.
@kaktotak8267
8 жыл бұрын
+Whoami691 Why plastic? Carbon fiber! Carbon, carbon, carbon... Put all this carbon in the atmosphere to work.
@NowhereBeats
8 жыл бұрын
I really don't think it'll ever find a practical use. Scientific journals already hardly mention it. I recently graduated from materials engineering degree, and although I used graphene a lot but I really don't think it'll ever catch on. Just like Carbon Nano Tubes.
@CaptainCorrosion
8 жыл бұрын
Graphene is surely one of the most amazing novel materials out there. We investigated the possibility to use it as an ultra-thin corrosion resistant coating as graphene itself is chemically quite inert and without defects a perfect diffusion barrier. Of cours the reality was bit more complex -few defects still existed even in the nearly perfect graphene and thats where the troubles started! Localized galvanic corrosion of the metal substrate occurred in these nano-scaled defects and this was promoted by the vast area of surrounding graphene. So in order to overcome this problem we had to make a nano-composite coating using an electroactive polymer and graphene and that caused the coating to be "slightly" thicker than the single atom layer of graphene. Yet, it seemed to work at around 200 nm thickness, which is still quite thin. Now, talking about making bullet proof vests with graphene - well it wouldnt work! The perfect graphene is 2 dimensional and can only attach itself to a substrate with Van der Waals forces, that are quite weak to be honest. So if you take a bullet then the perfect graphene simply wraps itself around the bullet and travels with it through your body. Possibly it also leaves graphene flakes inside your body and the active edges of graphene make it somewhat carciogenic. So even if you somehow survive the bullet, the graphene may still kill you with cancer.
@EaglesFastAndLow
10 жыл бұрын
I seriously cannot wait until we figure out how to mass-produce this stuff and apply it. The world WILL CHANGE.
@EricJW
10 жыл бұрын
You may not have to wait long: www.irishtimes.com/news/science/world-first-for-irish-graphene-researchers-1.1766739
@xiangmusic210
6 жыл бұрын
they altredy learnt it about 2 years ago,rememb nokia?
@azraelle6232
5 жыл бұрын
I hope you haven't been holding your breath.
@strangewayfaringstranger
2 жыл бұрын
@@EricJW Still waiting.
@EricJW
2 жыл бұрын
@@strangewayfaringstranger In my defense, I did say "may."
@AJ61209
10 жыл бұрын
Dude. You're my best friend. The show gets better and better. Thanks
@alysapink3636
4 жыл бұрын
2:44 starts talking about what Graphene is good for for anyone answering chem discussion questions
@LionRasky
8 жыл бұрын
This was more intricate and detailed than most SciShow videos and I appreciated that.
@curbthepain
9 жыл бұрын
This better not take 50 fucking years i want me my phone that charges in a couple seconds and a computer that has a cpu that runs at 100 ghz it would be a revolution in tech and its literally right on the horizon. come on scientists don't make me figure this shit out myself -.-
@timetogetcancer7866
9 жыл бұрын
You sir speak the truth for everyone
@2zNick
9 жыл бұрын
lol, its easy to create, its hard to mass produce, when u find out how to mass produce it, I guarantee you the gas company and etc companies will try to take over by killing you lol. graphene can literally change the future technology.
@makotheshark1348
9 жыл бұрын
if u got a couple billion dollars u can fund a company to make this because making one sheet of graphene an atom thick and what like a centermeter long can cost like a thousand (I might be wrong on the size) all I'm saying is it isn't cheap
@Nalothisal
8 жыл бұрын
I will say this, that 100ghz processor would be hotter than fucking hell.
@2zNick
8 жыл бұрын
I hope they can use 3D printers to print this, that would be cool. Yet it would be hard to design a 1 cell printer for just graphene
@akimyloka
10 жыл бұрын
Out of all the amazing uses for graphene, I am most excited for supercapacitors. I have researched these for a very long time, and although we don't have them perfected yet, it'll be an amazing technology of the future.
@voveve
10 жыл бұрын
My Functional Materials professor once said: "If you want you research funded you gotta put Graphene in there! No Graphene, no money!"
@7889915
6 жыл бұрын
Are you the skipper penguin from Madagascar giving a lecture on graphene? Great voice and great video!
@TheJaredtheJaredlong
10 жыл бұрын
So then if we stack layers of graphene we could multiply it's potential and then...wait, that's just graphite...drats, I'm really confused on how anyone is suppose to actually handle, or shape, or generally apply something one atom thin. Like, is it even visible?
@RedialedRage
10 жыл бұрын
No, because in graphite there is a distance between the layers. Humans could stack it much tighter to make graphene.
@BossesDream
10 жыл бұрын
Well yes it is visible, just not with any light based microscope. Anyways, if you watched their last video about Moore's transistor invention, you could see that it would be very possible to apply.
@Starbattle64
10 жыл бұрын
You can stack graphene. Same way you can stack paper. You can keep stacking thousands of sheets of paper, but the will never become wood. Same logic.
@ThatPsdude
10 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's really interesting because stacked layers of graphene have some pretty unique properties the higher you go. The most it's been studied is up to four layers. =P Also spotting single layer graphene on SiO2 is a pain.
@sammito_
10 жыл бұрын
Starbattle64 Actually no... if you stack graphene sheets you will get graphite. Just give it enough sheets.
@Brionatic
10 жыл бұрын
Good to have you back Hank!
@carlosandleon
4 жыл бұрын
5 years on, still no graphene around. . .
@MikyRikker1
10 жыл бұрын
Research is being done on the mechanical exfoliation of non-functionalized graphene via ultrasonic waves at my university, but the chief issue is the conglomeration of the graphene sheets into irregularly distributed chunks when suspended within the retaining solvent.
@monicachang3054
10 жыл бұрын
What does it mean to have "low quality" graphene?
@simonpeters5977
10 жыл бұрын
It is not just one big layer, but it is broken into many sheets and not all bonds are where they should be on a perfect layer.
@MollyBlueDawn
10 жыл бұрын
I am happy to see that Andre Geim, like myself, writes his name on his office supplies with a White Out pen.
@kundukulankara
8 жыл бұрын
So the Mithril in Lord of the rings was made of graphene ,eh ? Well , it was kinda shiny and grayish.
@Gogglesofkrome
4 жыл бұрын
graphene tools or weapons would be humorously garbage and weak
@Thurgor_Supreme
9 жыл бұрын
This video needs a sequel. Graphene has been discovered to be an insanely effective water filter and that it can sieve hydrogen right out of the air (which would revolutionize the practicality of hydrogen fuel cells). There's also super-smart chemist people figuring out how to mass-produce it by putting graphite, deionized water, and soap through a blender, and using solvents and centrifuges afterwards to separate out effective graphene.
@darkwisteria9120
6 жыл бұрын
Can I just take a quick sec to appreciate SciShow’s inclusion of closed captioning? Cuz I’m very grateful.
@cubedude76
10 жыл бұрын
what about bio-engineering a living thing to produce graphene? life is great at making atomic scaled things in large quantities
@georgerussell2947
6 жыл бұрын
cubedude76 if a living organism was descovered which created graphene or had the potentual to do so then it would be farmed but right now that has not been discovered
@Stelios78910
10 жыл бұрын
Speaking of touch screens, I'd love to see a video on what is the science behind them.
@MegaGreekz
10 жыл бұрын
I'm a 16 year old currently doing research on functionalized derivatives of graphene to optimize proton conductivity in PEM fuel cells. We produce graphene in the form of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) it's not pure graphene since it has some functional groups like graphene oxide, but it's very close. We synthesize graphene oxide, sonicate it in solution, and then add sodium borohydride to reduce the solution making a an RGO solution. Under the right conditions, this could be a very effective method for producing a quasi-graphene substance in bulk
@serbosss1741
9 жыл бұрын
could it be used as armor ? i mean if it takes and elephant to break trough a layer thick as a plastic wrap imagine if it was 1cm thick than it could be used for everything from space ships to tanks !
@acehardy3629
9 жыл бұрын
Milos Ljubicic Is that literally a sheet of graphene as thick as plastic wrap, or is that using it's resistance to breakages relative to its 1 atom thick state. You can't stack graphene on itself or you just end up with graphite and the layers are bonded so weakly a bullet would eviscerate it, so what do you put between the layers to prevent them moving over each other?
@Parisrenee373
9 жыл бұрын
+Shen The Eye of Twilight how about alternating sheets of graphene and a different ceramic like carbon nanotubes
@TheAceOverKings
9 жыл бұрын
+Shen The Eye of Twilight Natural graphite is soft because the graphene sheets it is made up of are very small and thus part easily for things moving between them. Using large artificial sheets of continuous graphene to build up graphite plates would create a very hard to penetrate barrier. Admittedly, it would probably lose its highly conductive properties due to the interference between the sheets, but just because they are stacked does not somehow break them (If I recall correctly the material is stable enough to keep the layers separate, barring oxidation). Chemical Vapor Deposition processes are being developed that can create very high quality sheets of infinite length, so body armor is not out of the question. I'm not sure exactly how stiff graphene becomes as layers are added, but i'd imagine after the millions needed for a noticeable amount are put together it acquires some firmness. By the way, for a 1cm film, you'd need approximately 10 million layers of graphene, at which point it'd probably resemble plastic.
@sinecurve9999
10 жыл бұрын
Pure graphite isn't used to make pencil lead. Pencil lead is mostly binder. Graphite is lustrous and conducts electricity well. It is also very easy to cleave since the interlayer bonds are quite weak.
@paulmccray4055
2 жыл бұрын
now its in you're blood!
@StingofaSingh
10 жыл бұрын
I head about graphene ages ago and I was wondering when sci show would make a video on it. I also can't wait to see its applications in the future
@USAReload
10 жыл бұрын
Hank Green you have made my year!
@iggysaurus1
10 жыл бұрын
STOP STALKING ME I JUST FINISHED WATCHING A VIDEO ON GRAPHENE WHEN THIS POPPED UP
@toshihitsu1989
10 жыл бұрын
i look forward to this as computer admin i love to see stuff better then we have right now
@bobbynixon1289
10 жыл бұрын
3d print graphene... problem solved
@dangerouslytalented
10 жыл бұрын
To do that, you would need a printer with components that are far, far smaller than we can manufacture right now. And it would be time consuming, you would need billions of atoms to make anything that you could find useful.
@joeyouyang
10 жыл бұрын
Yeah obviously printing single atoms is easy
@EPmessi9800
10 жыл бұрын
Yep, very difficult to 3d print something that thin
@CrispySergeant
10 жыл бұрын
dangerouslytalented Finn Mertens EPmessi9800 Woosh.
@LightningSe7en
10 жыл бұрын
CrispySergeant So if I wanted jokes, I should go to an educational channel. I'll remember that. Thanks.
@Dannnneh
10 жыл бұрын
It all builds up to the goal of obtaining the super-duper awesome nanotubes.
@JacobMew
10 жыл бұрын
394 Likes - 0 Dislikes EVERYBODY LOVES SCIENCE!
@InTheMakingTV
10 жыл бұрын
Graphene is super cool, we're really excited to see what the potential applications turn out to be!
@fryncyaryorvjink2140
9 жыл бұрын
wouldn't the outermost layer of diamond have free electrons?
@idekproductions-tammi3414
9 жыл бұрын
Nabre Labre yeah, it would probably bond with 2hydrogen or oxygen to satisfy the outside but it isnt necessary.
@abzuck5043
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah I'm thinking the same.
@darkheat246
10 жыл бұрын
SciShow is love Scishow is life
@HamzahHusain_the_sexy_beast
10 жыл бұрын
#GrapheneValley
@endrioinfiniti
4 жыл бұрын
R.I.P SILICON VALLEY
@HShango
10 жыл бұрын
i'm loving this new information about graphene
@BraxtonMeyer
8 жыл бұрын
WAIT THIS IS HANK!!!!!!!!!!!
@alvinparkinson9168
9 жыл бұрын
You all should see the design of this element on cars and cell phones that most are planning to produce. It looks so high tech.
@baiyuli97
10 жыл бұрын
The issue with graphene as a semiconductor is that it has no band gap. Meaning it conducts electricity at any voltage, so it cannot be switched on and off like doped silicon. There are ways to induce a band gap, but the difficulty and cost make them bad options. But theoretically graphene would make for a bomb transistor that needs little cooling :)
@christianhackim
10 жыл бұрын
Damm so close
@techwizard24
10 жыл бұрын
Better luck next time
@christianhackim
10 жыл бұрын
U commented fast as hell
@techwizard24
10 жыл бұрын
And I am on my iPod lol
@MadMadCow
10 жыл бұрын
They actually can make high-quality, defect-free sheets of graphene with a de Laval nozzle. The same type of nozzle they use in rocket and jet engines to accelerate gases.
@silvereaglexi3888
10 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video. Please do more about computers and their future like this one.
@tredub111213
10 жыл бұрын
Wait, if it's one atom thick, how can we get it as thick as plastic wrap in that example with the elephant and the pencil?
@TheBurgundyCow
10 жыл бұрын
The same way you can get paper to be a few inches thick. Add more layers
@tredub111213
10 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't it just end up being graphite then?
@cyberizedfuture1657
10 жыл бұрын
tredub111213 Yes but different. Normally the graphene in graphite is broken into really small chuck that are set every which way. If you would to make it into a perfect stack you'd basically have "supergraphite"
@quantumengineer
10 жыл бұрын
So the example is very misleading because it assumes that the graphene sheet is perfect and an infinite plane. The example just gives you an idea of the the pressure that the graphene can withstand. (P = (Weight of Elephant)/(Area of pencil point)) www.sciencemag.org/content/321/5887/385.short
@Trigonography
10 жыл бұрын
Diamond has a cubic crystal structure; each tetrahedron Hank describes is only a part of its unit cell, so over many cells, a diamond crystal would look like a lot of cubes. I thought it weird that he didn't mention that. The tape dispenser signed by Andre Geim was pretty cool, though, and perhaps the geekiest memorabilia out there.
@tarcal87
10 жыл бұрын
@2:23 "wendurrrrrwoolllls" - jheez man, dat pronunciation
@achen94
10 жыл бұрын
I actually grow graphene on a low pressure chemical vapor deposition system at my internship! It's a very interesting 2D material!!
@BEASTXBOXGAMEr
10 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for someone to make a video about this
@gabrielcruz8157
7 жыл бұрын
Could you do condoms of this material or it would be to expensive???
@brownwindedangel
7 жыл бұрын
gabriel cruz you probably wouldn't be able to feel anything
@videowizdude
10 жыл бұрын
Hi Hank and John. I tweeted you earlier about this but 140 characters isn't much lol. I have a neurological disease called tourettes syndrome. It's not something that is really ever talked about besides rare occasion. A lot of people who have it including myself are pretty self conscious about but it's a part of our lives and we deal with it. If you could please read this and possibly make a video about it and explain it I would really appreciate it. Thanks guys :)
@JohannesSuperPaint
10 жыл бұрын
Nothing beats Graphene. We are using it on our graphene polymer and have the perfect Transparent conductive graphene polymer in the LitCoat electroluminescent paint.
@techwizard24
10 жыл бұрын
First
@techwizard24
10 жыл бұрын
Heck yeah we do I was the first, second, and third to comment on a KZitem video about science. Can't wait to tell my mommy.
@john_hunter_
10 жыл бұрын
***** no, we have a winner.
@turkwinif
10 жыл бұрын
John Hunter Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
@StevieRay9O
10 жыл бұрын
Congratulations, you win a holiday in North Korea! &B^{P>
@xenomann442
10 жыл бұрын
StevieRay9O no he doesnt
@coldfires1234345
10 жыл бұрын
Could you elaborate on how touch screens work? specifically the iphone would be great. Also could you look into the recent attempts by researches to make graphene transistors? I'm interested in seeing what ideas are being put into motion. About to check citations for further Info. Love the show - long time subscriber. Cheers
@afermin1961
9 жыл бұрын
Slow down Mr. science guy. You sound like a livestock Auctioneer. :)
@MarkoNara
10 жыл бұрын
The frontier of Awesomeness!!!
@Xxbeast30xX
8 жыл бұрын
I fell asleep watching this junk
@alexchen6875
7 жыл бұрын
Why did you decide to watch this then. Fooooooools.
@Frexican54
10 жыл бұрын
Great explanation
@RobertDeloyd
10 жыл бұрын
Great Video and explained very well!
@silphael
10 жыл бұрын
Ooo, what a pretty phase diagram! One of my favorite kinds of diagram
@noahzaeshorts1402
10 жыл бұрын
I've been watching the development of Graphene and carbon nanotubes for years now. I'm very excited!
@Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time
10 жыл бұрын
Could you make a video about the alternative theories on KZitem that are outside of mainstream physics?
@alekhyakuruba7290
8 жыл бұрын
wow you explained very well about graphene sir, tq:)
@NowhereBeats
8 жыл бұрын
As a materials engineering graduate I really think neither graphene and grapheneoxide will never have any uses outside of the lab. It's the new carbon nano tubes.
@commonsensedatcom
8 жыл бұрын
Your thinking is highly flawed. We are where we are today because people like you said things like this were impossible.
@michaelangeloparkinson5055
10 жыл бұрын
I've heard about graphene for years, I just want it to advance and get implemented into computers and technologies!!
@MrNojam4u
10 жыл бұрын
Graphene is completely see through. Also, the only thing that can pass through it is water molecules, which means it can be used to purify water by filtering all the particles out of it.
@Marcosmapf
10 жыл бұрын
Nice subject, keep up with the good work :)
@brettmoore3194
8 жыл бұрын
it only needs a 660nm light at 36w per sq cm to make it. it could be made quite easily in bulk on large reels.
@_Domo_
8 жыл бұрын
I did not expect to see Hank Green here :O
@SynergyhubOrg-WA
10 жыл бұрын
I seem to remember the guys that discovered it have since figured out how to prototype mass production of it. I saw a video that showed them using an old CD Rom drive to do spin coating. Anyone remember where that video is?
@PinkChucky15
10 жыл бұрын
Graphene sounds very cool :-)
@Tehderpduck
10 жыл бұрын
I already knew what graphene was before this. yay!
@skaltura
8 жыл бұрын
for flakes this has already been solved pretty much :) Large sheets are still expensive to make, but you can make kilos of the stuff in flakes upto about 10-15um size in 1 to 3 atom thickness fairly cheaply. Less than 2$ per gram cheap. Check out cicarbo
@williampamula290
8 жыл бұрын
you could also uses graphene wire and them put them up on pulls to conduct electirty and there is a power source for you
@NathanSMS26
10 жыл бұрын
It'll probably take a LOT more time to get graphene microchips to take off because of the current state of silicon microchips being quite advanced and that it would take quite a bit of time to develop a reliable and practice way of manufacturing graphene. Companies would likely keep pouring money into silicon chips because that's what would yield the most profit with the least cost and effort
@matttzman
10 жыл бұрын
they already solved the quantity issue all you need to do is combine water, soap, and graphite then put it in a blender however, i dont remember if it is high or low quality
@Birginio420
10 жыл бұрын
Nanofibrilated cellulose. Not the same thing, but a relatively new and outstanding material.
@waggawaggaful
8 жыл бұрын
I wonder what you could get away with wearing a graphene bodysuit. This would look super sexy on female marvel comics types. I see a new fashion trend in this: graphene body-con dresses you can 3D print at home using fractal designs, which would be really interesting since fractal structures also exhibit properties of extreme physical durability and strength despite their (seemingly) fragile and byzantine physical structure.
@Zman44444
10 жыл бұрын
You forgot to talk about a space elevator to a spacecraft. This space elevator could be used to transport supplies for very little cost. Due to Graphene being so strong, you could (technically) make a space elevator. Just a theory I was told :P
@silvergiovanni2658
10 жыл бұрын
ABOUT TIME
@IJoeAceJRI
6 жыл бұрын
I got an idea for computer storage Graphene punch cards. Let me say how it would work. A punch card is a piece of paper with holes in it. A graphene punch card would be 1 atom think. To store the data on this, individual atoms would be taken out of the graphene. Imagine how much storage a pint-size punch card system would hold. To delete the data, the carbon atoms would fill in the graphene punch card holes. Pretty cool huh?
@enderlovesajane
10 жыл бұрын
Hank I used to go to Northside Elementary School in PC FL. So you gotta know I love yall. However, your opening line "Nobody's talking about it." Well that's not true. I was talking about it the other day with a buddy. And Discovery News was talking about it 8 months ago. And it was published in a few papers back in 2004. I know you had a whole lot going on with vidcon so your life's been pretty crazy. I love you guys, so I'm just throwing this out there as constructive criticism.
@Reefizer
10 жыл бұрын
What Would Happen if the Volcano Erupted in Yellowstone National Park? That would be a great one to look into with its recent activity
@femboy.fisticuffs
9 жыл бұрын
If graphene is so strong, could it be used in bullet-proof vests?
@_awsome_sauce_2031
9 жыл бұрын
Yes so far we've learned it can stop micro bullets traveling faster than an AK-47 MIND BLOWING
@BECAUSEICAN11100
9 жыл бұрын
Yes, it could also be put under the skin and make an awesome under skin vest Like this comment if you get that reference
@Ben10Blader
9 жыл бұрын
+BEACAUSE I CAN But that's just a theory... A GAME THEORY!
@kalahatze
9 жыл бұрын
+Julian Salmi-Perry Film theory*
@timetogetcancer7866
9 жыл бұрын
+syed Sholok or.. OR you could go out in a lightning storm if you want a big and badass lightning scar if you are crazy or badass
@julkkis666
10 жыл бұрын
advances that could be made if this material became easy to make: -no need for high voltage power lines to transport electricity long distances. -more efficent electrical devices. -something to make a space elevator out of. -etc.
@CravenTHC85
10 жыл бұрын
I am quite surprised that you folks didn't mention the half dozen or so alternatives to graphene that have more attractive properties. Silicene, stanene, Ni3, etc... all have the same basic properties of graphene, and they're doing some of those things better than graphene has done already. The key here seems to be the relatively new foray into the study of two dimensional atomic structures rather than which particular material is best. Don't get me wrong, I think the advancement of graphene is profoundly fantastic, but the production issues with it may have already been solved simply by switching to another compound. Ni3 in particular, is far more abundant and easier to produce. I'm not used to knowing more about a subject than this show, so please correct me if I got any of that wrong.
@juice2279
6 жыл бұрын
GRATOMIC INC. has a superior supply of graphite in Namibia. Partnered with Perpetuus Advanced Materials who have over 500 customers for their graphene. Together, they will commercialize graphene enhanced racing tires later this year. Road tested with 5/6 major tire manufacturers for 15 months and were impressed with the results. GRATOMIC.CA
@BaddaBigBoom
Жыл бұрын
People who think that graphene is the thinnest black material obviously haven't heard of Aldi value bin liners.
@ghandiesel
10 жыл бұрын
Fantastic vid! Im learned
@carlspoems
8 жыл бұрын
Can we talk about the typo in the captions at 3:36
@curtisbarker5657
6 жыл бұрын
Have you done a video on Vanta black yet which is the most capable Light devouring surface used inside sattelites and telescopes
@michaelpesavento8268
10 жыл бұрын
I'm a non-scientist here but, could you use an electrolytic process like a metal plating process to apply a thin layer of Graphene to carbon nano tubes for extra strength and conductivity. Make a framework of carbon tubes coat it with Grephene and the part you have made has all the wihiz-bang properties of both super substances.
@gocarps9973
10 жыл бұрын
Wow I found out about this a year ago and you find it now
@tootz1950
10 жыл бұрын
Yeow. My mind went blank about a minute into this. I was left way behind.
@SolPhoebusApollo
10 жыл бұрын
I'm just can't stop imagining elephants with pencils poking holes in this supermaterial.
@TheSparkLabs
9 жыл бұрын
The graphene industry needs to take off; like now. We'd get so much more stuff done and be able to do so much more if it's readily available.
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