[Gideon7]

Graphite is a bunch of carbon flecks that slide over each other. These guys claim to be making the stuff in a single continuous sheet (one giant molecule). Carbon bonds are dang strong. Imagine a material as strong as a diamond, but made in 2 dimensions instead of 3.

If they can somehow mass-produce it and build up layers it would bloody useful in a lot of applications. Imagine armor that is light, flexible, and dang near indestructible.

[stripes1776]

Physorg had an article about this. Looks promising. Carbon's cheap too. If they keep advancing the manufacturing process this could be huge.

It sounds like Mithril in The Lord of the Rings. Mithril is the metal that the dwarves mined from the Mines of Moria. It was lightweight and extremely strong. They made armor out of it. It saved Frodo's life.

What if they made cars out of it? You get into a wreck. Since it is so flexible, it absorbs the shock of the collision. And if it can be given a memory, it will spring back into shade.

[dcwusmc]

bump for science!

[Moonman62]

These guys claim to be making the stuff in a single continuous sheet (one giant molecule).

The first graphene was made by applying tape to a graphite block and peeling it off. I think a lot of it is still made that way.

[my right]

reckon they have tried some kind of electroplate type of process to mass produce it?

[Rebelbase]

“These guys claim to be making the stuff in a single continuous sheet (one giant molecule).”

If they drop it how would they every find it?