Interesting article, and I especially like the email etiquette note at the very bottom of your forward, and the fact that you didn't delete any of the email addresses it came from :)
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Fritz Holt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Most interesting and informative. > Fritz > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* Kittymryth <[email protected]> > *Date:* October 15, 2013 10:26:09 AM CDT > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* *Fwd: graphene* > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard J Rome <[email protected]> > To: Undisclosed-recipients: <> > Sent: Tue, Oct 15, 2013 7:55 am > Subject: graphene > > > Amazing Graphene > > Technology helps the world advance. As humans it's in our nature > to investigate, innovate and solve problems. This curiosity means we make > things, create things and develop new technologies. You can look back > thousands of years for basic examples of technology pushing civilization > forward. > > Most people don't understand the rapid change technology has on their > lives... or the speed at which a sea change occurs. > > For example, the following are the five 'Great Ages' of human > progress and their approximate duration: > > - *Stone Age* - 3.4 million years > - *Bronze Age* - 2,500 years > - *Iron Age* - 500 years > - *Industrial Revolution* - 80 years > - *Information Revolution* - 20 years > - > > You'll notice the length of each 'age' diminishes as technology > improves. The computer industry calls this trend 'Moore's Law'. It dictates > that computer processing power doubles every 18 months. Graphene is > > 200 times stronger than steel... > > 150,000 times thinner than a human hair... > > More flexible than a sheet of paper > > You may have heard about* Graphene.* If you haven't, it's a newly > discovered, very special refined form of graphite. It's a one-atom-thick > sheet of densely packed carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice. > > Take a look: > > <ATT1.jpeg> > Put simply, it's a sheet of carbon atoms 150,000 times thinner than a > human hair. Under a powerful microscope, it looks like chicken wire. But > what's so special about it? > > *Everything* > > For starters, it's 200 times stronger than structural steel; it's so > strong you could suspend an elephant from a single strand of Graphene,* and > the strand would not break.* > > It's extremely lightweight. Soon, everything from bicycles and boats > to airplanes and cars could be made out of graphene composites.* And when > they are, their energy efficiency and durability could skyrocket.* > > But, that's just the beginning of what this new 'smart material' can > do. Not only is it the strongest material researchers have ever tested, > it's also one of the best conductors man has ever found. IBM has already > created a graphene-based processor capable of executing 100 billion cycles > per second. Researchers believe that in the future, a graphene credit card > could store as much information as today's computers. > > This one material alone could prove more > > revolutionary than - and soon > > REPLACE - plastic, Kevlar and the silicon chip > > In fact, it's such a breakthrough that the first two scientists to > successfully produce single-atom-thick crystals of graphene were awarded > the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. > > In just two years, over 200 companies from a wide array of industries > have researched the magical potential of graphene: > > > - *Scientists in the US and China* are already using tiny > graphene-based probes to target and identify tumors in live mice. They hope > similar graphene-based particles could shuttle cancer drugs to tumors, or > even kill tumor cells directly. > - > - *Engineers at Northwest University,* Seattle, found that specially > crafted graphene electrodes could allow a lithium-ion battery, like those > found in your smartphone or Toyota Prius, to* charge 10 times faster > and hold 10 times more power*. > - > - *And in 2011, chemists at Rice University,* Houston, created > graphene-based thin films, unlocking the secret to incredibly flexible, > super-durable touch screens and solar cells that can wrap around just about > anything. > - > > <ATT2.jpeg> > *Kiss goodbye to shattered screens* > > Samsung has already said its flexible displays should enter > full-scale production later this year, and it expects to have a dozen more > graphene based products on the market within the next five. > > IBM, Nokia and Apple are hot on their heels too. > > Touch screens, processor chips, casings, and batteries (in everything > from PCs and HD TVs to tablets), mobile phones and hybrids could all be > made with graphene. > > It could change entire industries, economies, and our lives. > > Imagine HD TVs as thin as wallpaper, Smart phones so skinny and > flexible you can roll them up and put them behind your ear,* and so > durable you can beat them with a hammer!* > > Imagine if you could eliminate breast cancer or prostate tumors with > a simple injection or by swallowing a graphene-charged pill. > > Imagine if your house were strong enough to withstand a bush fire, > and your windows processed enough solar energy to heat your home in winter > and cool it in the summer. Or if your car were 6 times lighter and 20 times > stronger. > > The effects would be staggering! > > Fuel-efficiency would shoot through the roof. > > People would live longer, healthier lives. > > Cars and airplanes would be lighter, faster and safer than ever > before. > > And electronics of every type would be launched into an era of > unprecedented growth and evolution. > > This is just a taste of the cutting-edge innovations coming in the > Molecular Age, innovations that will reshape the future in the months and > years ahead, and it's starting now. > > You're looking at a simultaneous eruption of > > new-age technologies that will alter our lives > > on a scale not seen for 100 years > > All this technological change and innovation will transform the world. > > > - 'Nano batteries' will* charge your mobile in seconds,* and even* power > whole cities.* > - > - 'Smartphones' will* carry the computing power of IBM's Watson > Supercomputer.* > - > - A new era of computing mobility - none of the solid rectangular > things we carry now but* flexible, wearable devices.* > - > - Handheld 'breathalyzers' will* diagnose disease* in seconds. > - > - Bionic limbs with human fluidity and dexterity, but the* strength of > Superman.* > - > > Spacecraft with the capacity to* take us beyond our solar system* into > places and worlds never explored. > > *The Smallest Revolution* > > *in History* > > Down at the molecular level there's a lot of friction. Particles can > stick together really easily. This means new and complicated structures can > be formed. > > Today scientists are experimenting with different conditions to see > what sorts of new molecular structures they can create. > > The results are astonishing. Some look like thin wires... > > <ATT3.jpeg> > Some look like pancakes... > > <ATT4.jpeg> > Others look like flowers... > > <ATT5.jpeg> > All these different molecular structures have different properties. > > And soon they'll change the way we live: from solar panels you can > spray onto your roof, to* computers and batteries so small they are > invisible, f*rom mobile phones that you can stretch, twist and even imbed > into your clothing, they'll make stronger houses, tougher cars, and even > make us healthier. > > > Medical researchers are already looking at using nano-particles to > deliver drugs or hunt down cancerous tumors.* Just imagine 'nano > medicines' patrolling your body, hunting down diseases and zapping problems > as soon as they arise.* > > > <image001.gif> > > > > > > > <image001.png> > > > > > > EMAIL ETIQUETTE: > > If you forward my email message, > please, *delete* my email address, > use bcc, and thereby, avoid spam. > > Thank you! 8^) > > > > > >
