If you have yet to hear of the wonder material graphene, chances are you're wondering just what it is and why you should care about it. For starters, graphene is a one atom-thick, perfectly aligned structure of carbon molecules. It was discovered in 2004 when scientists simply peeled a thin layer of graphite from a pencil using sticky tape (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167779911000199). Although this discovery seems trivial, graphene actually possesses chemical properties capable of dramatically changing the world. Now you may be wondering, how could something this simple possibly change the entire world? The secret lies within graphene's amazing chemical properties; its strength and nearly unparalleled thermal and electrical conductivity allows scientists and innovators to do magnitudes more with much, much less.
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| Graphene maintains a one atom-thick honeycomb pattern source: http://www.azonano.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=3553 |
Along with being both abundant and affordable, graphene has the potential to heavily influence the spheres of recreation, industry, technology and even economy. To highlight just a few of its potentials, graphene is ideal for use with paints, plastics, computers, bioengineering, water filters, and more. Specific uses of the material range from dynamically tinting windows to aiding in the electrochemical detection of dopamine levels in the brain (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1388248109000691).
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| Graphene will even allow for bendable LCD screens source: https://itechfuture.wordpress.com/category/future-of-cell-phones/ |
Indeed, nearly any kind of technology can be improved by the use of graphene, and this blog will hopefully help you to understand why and how this is possible. The following video from Mashall Brain's howstuffworks blog article offers a brief overview of graphene and some of its exciting potential:
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