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One-atom-thick materials promise a 'new industrial revolution'
University of Manchester ^
| 7/18/05
Posted on 07/24/2005 10:53:00 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
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posted on
07/24/2005 10:55:12 PM PDT
by
denydenydeny
("Liberty is not a suicide pact."--Fouad Ajami)
To: LibWhacker
'micromechanical cleavage' Photos please!
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posted on
07/24/2005 10:57:24 PM PDT
by
TheOtherOne
(I often sacrifice my spelling on the alter of speed™)
To: Allegra; TheMom; Xenalyte; sfimom
Finally! A material for blouses that can maybe, possibly be tucked into our tight jeans! ping
To: TheOtherOne
Here ya go! :^)
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posted on
07/24/2005 11:05:08 PM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Carnac: A siren, a baby and a liberal. Answer: Name three things that whine.)
To: pax_et_bonum
A material for blouses that can maybe, possibly be tucked into our tight jeans! ping Wonder if it'll be washable or "Dry Clean Only" (which I avoid like the plague..LOL)?
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posted on
07/24/2005 11:05:40 PM PDT
by
Allegra
(Less Than 30 Days Until R&R - W'HOOOO!)
To: LibWhacker
Not only are they ultra-thinSheesh, who writes this stuff?
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posted on
07/24/2005 11:05:43 PM PDT
by
lafroste
(gravity is not a force. See my profile to read my novel absolutely free (I know, beyond shameless))
To: LibWhacker
"Molly wire" comes to mind.
Evil thoughts there...
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posted on
07/24/2005 11:07:56 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: LibWhacker
Also, blades with edges that are a single atom thick.
"Armor? What armor?"
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posted on
07/24/2005 11:09:08 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: snarks_when_bored
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posted on
07/24/2005 11:14:17 PM PDT
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grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
07/24/2005 11:38:25 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
To: LibWhacker
"We have now demonstrated the existence of 2D atomic crystals and believe that, once investigated and understood, it will be possible for them to be grown in large sizes required for industrial applications." Quick! Let'ss offshore the R&D to India and the manufacturing to China before it's too late.
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posted on
07/24/2005 11:40:01 PM PDT
by
Euro-American Scum
(A poverty-stricken middle class must be a disarmed middle class)
To: Euro-American Scum
Sounds like some of the stuff they found at Roswell, NM, back in the 1940s.
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posted on
07/25/2005 12:11:18 AM PDT
by
ReadyNow
To: LibWhacker
Cool. Before they market products I hope they figure out a way to give the products blunt edges though. Otherwise, there will be some very serious paper cut type injuries. ;)
Sounds like "material science software developer" is the career op of the future.
To: grey_whiskers
Very interesting, though the article is a bit thin on details... (ahem)
To: LibWhacker
Electrons moving in such low dimensional materials will exhibit fractional quantum statistics - they stop acting like fermions and start behaving more like bosons (i.e. they can superconduct).
High Tc superconductors exhibit the same low-dimensionality, though they achieve this by being Jahn-Teller distort lattices, not by being 2 nm thick.
To: agere_contra
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posted on
07/25/2005 3:08:34 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(Less Than 30 Days Until R&R - W'HOOOO!)
To: denydenydeny
Cool is hardly the word!
"one-atom-thick materials could be used in a myriad of routine applications from clothing to computers."
This could put the makers of those airline screeing machines, that show you naked, out of business!
Not to mention making every day a day at the beach!
(The down-side is that it could make the computer hard to find.)
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posted on
07/25/2005 4:33:49 AM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(Love is the ultimate aphrodesiac!)
To: agere_contra
High Tc superconductors exhibit the same low-dimensionality, though they achieve this by being Jahn-Teller distort lattices, not by being 2 nm thick.I have a doggie.
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posted on
07/25/2005 4:42:40 AM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(A living affront to Islam since 1959)
To: LibWhacker
Some companies are already working on this. Some cling wrap is nearly one atom thin.
;)
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posted on
07/25/2005 4:49:16 AM PDT
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bwteim
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