MIT RESEARCHERS HAVE DEVELOPED A SPONGELIKE MATERIAL 10 TIMES STRONGER THAN STEEL
Source: Digital Trends
MIT RESEARCHERS HAVE DEVELOPED A SPONGELIKE MATERIAL 10 TIMES STRONGER THAN STEEL
By Luke Dormehl January 10, 2017 12:15 PM
Stainless steel? Dont make us laugh! A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has just developed one of the strongest lightweight materials known to man, woman and, well, frankly every living creature on Earth. Formed by compressing and fusing flakes of graphene using a combination of heat and pressure, the resulting creation boasts a sponge-like configuration with just 5 percent density of steel but 10 times its strength.
Based on all-around wonder material graphene, MITs new discovery is described this month in the journal Science Advances. The new 3D graphene material has a labyrinthine structure composed of a continuous surface of its 2D counterpart.
The curvature of the surface in the 3D space is caused by distribution of pentagon and heptagon rings in (a) certain way, making the geometry feature different from planar 2D graphene, which is composed of carbon atoms that are arranged in hexagonal rings, researcher Zhao Qin told Digital Trends.
The material was created in a lab at MIT using a high-resolution, multi-material 3D printer.
Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/mit-material-10x-steel/#ixzz4VPI0HkhW
Bayard
(22,192 posts)Now what are we going to use it for?
yurbud
(39,405 posts)randome
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yurbud
(39,405 posts)denbot
(9,901 posts)Switching out steel components with materials like this will greatly extend the range of electric vehicles.
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)Building materials? where is graphemes mined? Is it abundant?
FSogol
(45,567 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,656 posts)aggiesal
(8,940 posts)Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)Could be a real game changer in so many ways. Water filtration, renewables. Really fascinating. Could be a game changer down the line
JudyM
(29,294 posts)nolabels
(13,133 posts)Like really, just imagine the forearm strength you would need to ring one of those babies out
Rstrstx
(1,399 posts)A fine example of the beautiful, bigly things that have already been created just because of his election.