http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/ Engadget Comments for Graphene-polymer hybrid composites look to oust carbon nanotubes http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/May 28th 2008 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/
meaning that it may be reasonable to think that the graphene ones might have the same possible dangers, but now it may be hundreds of times cheaper to bring them to market, so they could be everywhere before anybody even gets a chance to check...

guess i'm getting cynical in my old age.]]>May 28th 2008 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/
That's all right...here, have one of my dust masks.]]>May 28th 2008 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/May 28th 2008 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/May 28th 2008 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/May 28th 2008 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/May 28th 2008 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/May 29th 2008 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/
Where was this magic substance 10 years ago so we could be using it already.]]>May 28th 2008 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/May 28th 2008 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/May 28th 2008 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/May 29th 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/
"Graphene is presently one of the most expensive materials on Earth, with a sample that can be placed at the cross section of a human hair costing more than $1,000 (as of April 2008)."]]>May 29th 2008 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/May 29th 2008 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/
You know when you rub a pencil really fast over and over on a sheet of paper and it all of a sudden can't write anymore and gets really hard. You've actually just coated the pencil with a sheet of Graphene.

Essentially they are just taking sheets of Graphite and splitting them over and over until they get a sheet 1 atom thick. So far about 30% of the sheet ends up being Graphene.

You can actually do it yourself if you have some Graphite and tape. Put the Graphite sheet in between two pieces of tape and pull it apart. Repeat a few thousand times. The Graphite will always split apart close to two equal sheets. Eventually you'll end up with a small ammount of Graphene.]]>May 29th 2008 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/graphene-polymer-hybrid-composites-look-to-oust-carbon-nanotubes/May 29th 2008 12:09PM