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stinkfist (764)

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Graphene and it's potential for 'clean energy' and other options

for those that are into this kind of stuff, here's the easy read.....

https://news.uark.edu/articles/40324/usi...ean-energy

The research of Paul Thibado, professor of physics at the University of Arkansas, provides strong evidence that the motion of two-dimensional materials could be used as a source of clean, limitless energy. Thibado and his students studied the movements of graphene, which is composed of a single layer of carbon.

Thibado has taken the first steps toward creating a device that can turn this movement into electricity, with the potential for many applications. He recently applied for a patent on this invention, called a Vibration Energy Harvester, or VEH.

Thibado predicts that his generators could transform our environment, allowing any object to send, receive, process and store information, powered only by room temperature heat.

the mensa read....

https://thibado.uark.edu/wp-content/uplo...126801.pdf

the continual building blocks that scientist have learned and provided mankind over time is simply nothing shy of amazing.....

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here's another potential advantage of this 'miracle element'.....

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/th … -a-bullet/

It showed how two layers of graphene (each one-atom thick) could be used to make a diamond-like material upon impact at room temperature. There are potentially many uses of such a material, from water-resistant protective coatings to ultra-light bulletproof armor.

"This is the thinnest film with the stiffness and hardness of diamond ever created," said Elisa Riedo, professor of physics at the ASRC and the project's lead researcher, in a statement. "Previously, when we tested graphite or a single atomic layer of graphene, we would apply pressure and feel a very soft film. But when the graphite film was exactly two-layers thick, all of a sudden we realized that the material under pressure was becoming extremely hard and as stiff, or stiffer, than bulk diamond."

Diamene is soft and pliable until pressure is applied, when it becomes much more rigid. So if the diamene is shot by a bullet, for example, it would prevent it passing through. It was first theorized using computer simulations in this study. Then, an atomic force microscope was used to apply pressure to two-layer graphene, finding an agreement with the calculations.

#definingcommonsenseindiscoveryandapplication

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USMstang (303)

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Re: Graphene and it's potential for 'clean energy' and other options

Don't worry, some establishment hack will kill this prof and his minions in order to bury this revolutionary find.  Unless of course, the Carnegie types can get their greasy paws on the patents in order to control this.  You get the idea...kinda like the oil companies controlling fuel efficiency of automobiles as rumored in the past/present in regard to fuel delivery systems. Someone will see to it that this is fucked up somehow.

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stinkfist (764)

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Re: Graphene and it's potential for 'clean energy' and other options

Don't worry, some establishment hack will kill this prof and his minions in order to bury this revolutionary find.  Unless of course, the Carnegie types can get their greasy paws on the patents in order to control this.  You get the idea...kinda like the oil companies controlling fuel efficiency of automobiles as rumored in the past/present in regard to fuel delivery systems. Someone will see to it that this is fucked up somehow.

lol.....somebody understands robber baron principles.....

don't get me started on hemp (puff puff puff)....lol....

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AndreWhere (1252)

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Re: Graphene and it's potential for 'clean energy' and other options

Finally read this. It sounds like the energy-saving potential comes from being able to operate in what amounts to a two-dimensional universe. Cool stuff.

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stinkfist (764)

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Re: Graphene and it's potential for 'clean energy' and other options

Finally read this. It sounds like the energy-saving potential comes from being able to operate in what amounts to a two-dimensional universe. Cool stuff.

we're just getting started as a species understanding how to 'lego' the periodic table....

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