Graphene Fun!
Graphene is a very important scientific material. Graphite (i.e. pencil lead!) is composed of sheets of graphene; graphene, in turn, is a single sheet of attached benzene rings extending in all directions. If you take one of these infinite graphene sheets and cut it into strips, you create graphene nanoribbons (GNRs). In addition, certain small arrangements of benzene rings, such as pyrene and coronene, have their own particular significance. Graphene also has important relatives—such as the carbon nanotube, a graphene sheet rolled into a tube; and the buckyball, a graphene sheet rolled into a ball. Graphene and its derivatives have fantastic properties—e.g. flexibility, strength, and semiconductivity. Scientists are currently conducting exciting research on graphene and its kin. Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, for example, were awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for their graphene research.
We, too, have been been brainstorming, and we came up with four fun "applications” for graphene and its derivatives and relatives. And we want YOU to choose your favorite “graphene etc.” innovation! Feel free to also send us your own fun “graphene etc. application,” and we will post it on our website!
We, too, have been been brainstorming, and we came up with four fun "applications” for graphene and its derivatives and relatives. And we want YOU to choose your favorite “graphene etc.” innovation! Feel free to also send us your own fun “graphene etc. application,” and we will post it on our website!
Choose Your Favorite Fun Graphene Etc. Application!
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Image Sources
Note: Many of these original images were altered in Microsoft Power Point and Adobe Photoshop for use in the above graphene applications.
Coronene Clocks
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coronene.png?uselang=de
http://ajaxian.com/wp-content/uploads/cssclock.png
http://www.germes-online.com/direct/dbimage/50260832/R_C_Wall_Clock.jpg
Brillouin Darth Vader
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLbtTQY0cnE/TIgcnggvQyI/AAAAAAAAAF8/jlDFC95ZWE8/s1600/darth-vader-face.jpg
http://www.nextnano.de/nextnano3/images/tutorial/1DTightBinding_graphene/3Dplot_graphene_s0129.jpg
Scientific Spiderman
http://www.cinecon.com/frontimages/2379-spiderman.gif
http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Manhattan-by-day-new-york-262113_1920_1440.jpg
http://www.nano-enhanced-wholesale-technologies.com/images/structure-graphene.gif
Graphene et al Park
http://scienceintranslation.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/buckyball.jpg
http://nanopedia.case.edu/image/tube.angled.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coronene.png?uselang=de
http://www.natureasia.com/asia-materials/article_images/998.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cZ5I_odBk0w/SZ871vjDsaI/AAAAAAAAADo/e5BSBdj1ekk/s400/Armchair_Zigzag.jpg
http://wp.donhavey.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/grass-preview.jpg
http://www.edupics.com/jungle-gym-t11337.jpg
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/??Origin=EC790014051033&CTT=6&ver=12&app=powerpnt.exe
http://astrochemistry.ca.astro.it/database/coronene/coronene.png
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/images/wiki/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Pyrene_chemical_structure.png
http://sandboxslc.net/images/sandbox.jpg
Coronene Clocks
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coronene.png?uselang=de
http://ajaxian.com/wp-content/uploads/cssclock.png
http://www.germes-online.com/direct/dbimage/50260832/R_C_Wall_Clock.jpg
Brillouin Darth Vader
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLbtTQY0cnE/TIgcnggvQyI/AAAAAAAAAF8/jlDFC95ZWE8/s1600/darth-vader-face.jpg
http://www.nextnano.de/nextnano3/images/tutorial/1DTightBinding_graphene/3Dplot_graphene_s0129.jpg
Scientific Spiderman
http://www.cinecon.com/frontimages/2379-spiderman.gif
http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Manhattan-by-day-new-york-262113_1920_1440.jpg
http://www.nano-enhanced-wholesale-technologies.com/images/structure-graphene.gif
Graphene et al Park
http://scienceintranslation.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/buckyball.jpg
http://nanopedia.case.edu/image/tube.angled.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coronene.png?uselang=de
http://www.natureasia.com/asia-materials/article_images/998.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cZ5I_odBk0w/SZ871vjDsaI/AAAAAAAAADo/e5BSBdj1ekk/s400/Armchair_Zigzag.jpg
http://wp.donhavey.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/grass-preview.jpg
http://www.edupics.com/jungle-gym-t11337.jpg
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/??Origin=EC790014051033&CTT=6&ver=12&app=powerpnt.exe
http://astrochemistry.ca.astro.it/database/coronene/coronene.png
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/images/wiki/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Pyrene_chemical_structure.png
http://sandboxslc.net/images/sandbox.jpg