Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms in a two-dimensional structure of the material, it is not only the world’s strongest, hardest, thinnest substance, and because it is aware of the material resistivity minimum, the highest thermal conductivity and, therefore, Ideally electrode and the semiconductor material is considered to lead to revolutionary modern electronic technology and information technology.
Graphene is harder than diamond, with a hundred times of tougher than the best steel in the world so that scientists want to use it for preparing coveted “space elevator” super tough cable. 2020, graphene global market capitalization $ 149 million. Graphene’s future depends on our ability to provide high-end basic materials.
How will the “King Materials” subvert the world
Most people’s experience of using pencil writing on paper is that traces of graphite layers peeled off, when stripped to the minimum limit is only one carbon atom thick single layer of graphite, which is graphene. Surprisingly, this seemingly ordinary matter, because by two University of Manchester scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov shared the discovery after the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics, Since then, it seems that it opens a world of new materials, “Alibaba” door.
“It is the thinnest, the largest stenght of the mechanical material discovered in nature, which can be infinitely stretched, bent to a large angle is not broken, you can also resist very high pressures.” Nobel Laureate Professor Heim said to the reporters.
Graphene is harder than diamond, with a hundred times of tougher than the best steel in the world so scientists want to use it for preparing coveted “space elevator” super tough cable. It stabilizes the lattice structure of the carbon atoms has excellent electrical conductivity, excellent light transmission and a relatively high mechanical strength.
What will be the future development trend of graphene
Many people worry that the year will be like graphene nanomaterials first appeared as yet what the product, the concept of speculation on the fly, reducing the industry credibility; and fear as the photovoltaic industry, as many companies rush optimistic until excess production.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Prof. Dr. Liu Zhongfan Molecular Engineering, Peking University chemistry in an interview with Science and Technology Daily reporter interview that “Graphene is not a very low threshold for the industry! Not everyone can enter, it is technically demanding.” We can say that this is a potential infinite but high-risk industries.
He said: “The current people talk about the future of graphene is still at relatively vague concept, its future development trend, there are three expectations, and with reference to describe the three: the first one is expected silicon, leaving the silicon chip, there is no , while the body of the information society is the chip; the second is a carbon fiber dominate the market in a particular field, such as Toray carbon fiber monopoly for defense; third is plastic, has a hundred years of development history, in people’s lives essential. so, for us, the development of minimum standards graphene is a carbon fiber, in the end, such as plastic, silicon is the highest standard, but this possibility is not known how much. ”
Winning future high-end research
Liu Zhongfan told reporters, “There is no future with graphene, graphene can depend on what made this material, we can provide the base material for high-end. Draw an analogy, you first need to make clothes of high quality cloth we strive to make the best cloth carbon fibers label, graphene material in the future there will be a label, if the former can do 10 years, then, the latter can do for 30 years. What need to do ideal thing is to do like the carbon fiber in Japan technically do dominate the global market. ”
Liu Zhongfan stressed that no carbon fiber graphene wide range of applications, if able to grasp the key graphene, I believe the future is ours. Everyone no doubt that the application of graphene in the future will develop more rapidly, then when who made high-end applications for graphene materials, who is the boss!
Is graphene’s Spring coming?
Held in Qingdao “2015 China International graphene Innovation Conference” drop curtain on the occasion, President of the European graphene flagship program of the Executive Committee, Professor Andrea Ferrari of Cambridge University Graphene Research Center founder and director of the Science and Technology Daily reporter interviewed told when excitedly said that the development in China found that graphene is very fast, last year, only to see a lot of production of graphene material, and this year actually saw related products, such as science and technology development, and manufacturing ene Wang graphene intelligent physiotherapy care waist and fever clothes.
As some experts put it, “graphene spring came not over, and the interpretation of its industrialization is still too early, but the ambience of the spring has come,” can be described as graphene from the outset, along with the question, doubt, combat, and grow, and it’s a skill like pregnant “black gold” will eventually glowing.