{"id":4391,"date":"2012-07-03T23:15:37","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T22:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkingrandomly.com\/?p=4391"},"modified":"2012-07-26T15:44:44","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T14:44:44","slug":"a-brief-list-of-things-that-graphene-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkingrandomly.com\/?p=4391","title":{"rendered":"Graphene &#8211; The Chuck Norris of Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As everyone knows, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.graphene.manchester.ac.uk\/\">Graphene<\/a> is the Chuck Norris of materials.\u00a0 Sometimes pure, sometimes mixed with a little of this or that, it has an astonishing array of uses.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a list of some of the things it can do<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.physicstoday.org\/newspicks\/2012\/06\/graphene-can-amplify-light\/\">Amplify light<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/tech-talk\/semiconductors\/nanotechnology\/mix-of-metal-and-graphene-cools-chips\">Cool microchips<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/research_innovation\/assets\/PDF%20Open%20Access\/NonCon%20Flyers\/Physical%20Sciences\/Point%20of%20Care%20Sensor%20NCF_In%20Template.pdf\">Detect diseases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/semiconductors\/devices\/first-graphene-integrated-circuit\">Enable CPUs that can operate at 100s of Ghz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/nanoclast\/semiconductors\/nanotechnology\/nanoporous-graphene-promises-affordable-water-desalination\">Desalinate water<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theengineer.co.uk\/sectors\/electronics\/news\/graphene-film-could-generate-electricity-from-flowing-water\/1009447.article\">Generate electricity from flowing water<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/view\/427140\/graphene-battery-turns-ambient-heat-into-electric\/\">Generate electicty from heat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekosystem.com\/graphene-electricity-light\/\">Generate electricity from light<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/engineering.stanford.edu\/news\/straintronics-engineers-create-piezoelectric-graphene\">Generate electricity by being squeezed (Piezoelectricity)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanotechnology.org.in\/graphene-kills-bacteria\">Kill Bacteria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2012\/02\/graphene-can-increase-alcohol-potency.php\">Make alcohol stronger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/nanoclast\/semiconductors\/materials\/graphene-enables-invisibility-cloak\">Make an invisibility cloak<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.condmat.physics.manchester.ac.uk\/pdf\/mesoscopic\/publications\/graphene\/Science_2008fsc.pdf\">Measure the fine structure constant<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nmat\/journal\/v6\/n9\/abs\/nmat1967.html\">Produce gas sensors capable of detecting a single atom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2012\/06\/120607175817.htm\">Produce a better MRI contrast agent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.extremetech.com\/computing\/84114-graphenepowered-optical-networks-could-lead-to-petabit-and-exabit-transmission-speeds\">Support hyperfast optical networks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a brief list of some of its more interesting properties<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nanotechweb.org\/cws\/article\/indepth\/47720\">Highest known thermal conductivity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journal.insciences.org\/wp-content\/files_mf\/1664_171x_1_2_80.pdf\">Longest mean free path of any material at room temperature<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk\/news\/eupdate\/display\/?id=264\">Repair Itself<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/physicsworld.com\/cws\/article\/news\/2008\/jul\/17\/graphene-has-record-breaking-strength\">Stiffest known material<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nanotechweb.org\/cws\/article\/tech\/35061\">Strongest known material<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thinnest known material (Since it is one atom thick)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Related post: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkingrandomly.com\/?p=2929\">Fun with Graphene from the Wolfram Demonstrations project<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As everyone knows, Graphene is the Chuck Norris of materials.\u00a0 Sometimes pure, sometimes mixed with a little of this or that, it has an astonishing array of uses.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a list of some of the things it can do Amplify light Cool microchips Detect diseases Enable CPUs that can operate at 100s of Ghz Desalinate 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