Buckypaper greatest discovery in a Decade Replaces steel and Alloys

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/sns-ap-tec-buckypaper,0,4241742.story

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - It's called "buckypaper" and looks a lot like ordinary carbon paper, but don't be fooled by the cute name or flimsy appearance. It could revolutionize the way everything from airplanes to TVs are made.
 
Buckypaper is 10 times lighter but potentially 500 times stronger than steel when sheets of it are stacked and pressed together to form a composite. Unlike conventional composite materials, though, it conducts electricity like copper or silicon and disperses heat like steel or brass.
 
"All those things are what a lot of people in nanotechnology have been working toward as sort of Holy Grails," said Wade Adams, a scientist at Rice University.

Other near-term uses would be as electrodes for fuel cells, super capacitors and batteries, Wang said. Next in line, buckypaper could be a more efficient and lighter replacement for graphite sheets used in laptop computers to dissipate heat, which is harmful to electronics.

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[AB Hammer]

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Here is a youtube link as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkijxr4z_mY

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Here is a youtube link as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkijxr4z_mY

AB Hammer
Thank you for the link, even more interesting ....
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