When it comes to graphene, you're all familiar with it. As the "king of new materials", it is a new type of nanomaterial with the thinest, strongest strength and strongest conductivity. Scientists and even language, this material will revolutionize the 21st century.
Recently, new materials have been incorporated into seven strategic emerging industries. It is mentioned in the Development Plan of The National Strategic Emerging Industries during the 13th Five-Year Plan period that the country will improve the basic support capacity of new materials, promote the quality and efficiency of the new materials industry, build a new materials standard system with application as traction, and promote the sustainable development of new materials with featured resources and the prospective layout of cutting-edge new materials RESEARCH and development. In preview layout and development of new materials with cutting-edge detailed description of this task, application technology, industrialization of graphene in expanding nano-materials in the fields such as optoelectronics, new energy, biological medicine application scope, the development of intelligent materials, biomimetic materials, metamaterials, low cost manufacturing materials and new superconducting material, increase the empty days, deep, deep to extreme environments such as the required materials research and development efforts, forming a batch will guide the whole construction machinery has wide innovations. Graphene has the potential to unleash a disruptive new technology and industrial revolution that will sweep the world. Is it really that amazing? Let's take a closer look at six major segments of emerging industries.
In 2016, the world's first car using graphene as a body material was unveiled in Manchester. The car was built by Briggs Motor Company based in Liverpool. Briggs Motors USES graphene in the body of its BAC MONO single-seater sports car, which is 200 times stronger than steel and has been hailed as one of the most promising technologies of the future.
Graphene is light, strong, conductive, and suitable for the field of unmanned aerial vehicles. It is the thinnest material in the world, only a few tens of thousandths the thickness of a human hair, but it is 200 times stronger than steel. In 2015, the University of Central Lancashire and the UK's National Graphene Institute jointly developed a drone with a graphene-coated wing. The value of graphite in uav industry and even the entire aviation industry is mainly reflected in: 1. Anti-corrosion can prevent the equipment from rusting. Second, it is light and strong, which can reduce the weight of the fuselage, reduce the damage caused by lightning strike, and improve fuel efficiency, thus extending the navigation time. Third, it can increase the life of lithium-ion batteries. "Our goal is to study the value of graphene in drag reduction, lightning protection and other aspects," said the drone's developer. Graphene has great potential in aviation. It's incredibly strong, yet it's incredibly light and flexible.
Thanks to graphene's excellent hardness, thermal and electrical conductivity, it has many applications in batteries, coatings and so on. Now graphene has been added to its list of applications: artificial skin for robots and even self-healing functions. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology believe nanomaterials could be used to create flexible sensors on robot skin that mimic the self-healing properties of human skin. Graphene, which is only a millionth of the thickness of paper, is a thin sheet of pure carbon atoms. It is by far the hardest material in the world.
Graphene's application in smart wearables is very intuitive. This is due to its flexibility, especially in the field of clothing.
Graphene is already being studied in biomedical applications such as drug delivery, cancer treatment and biosensors. Graphene has many unique properties, such as greater surface area, biological adaptability and chemical stability, which make it a great research potential. Artificial implants are a major theme in the current medical market, and graphene could play an extremely important role in these devices in the future. The biological adaptability and mechanical strength of graphene can be used to make a variety of composite biomaterials. Its electrical conductivity can be used in organs that require this property, such as nerve tissue and spinal cord elements. For example, researchers at Michigan Tech have made progress in introducing graphene into 3D-printed neural tissue. The team developed a polymer material to grow tissue, using graphene as a conductor of electricity.
The graphene battery has the ability to charge quickly and can be charged at 5000 mah in just 15 minutes. The new technology is also fully ready for future use in VR/AR. For example, for the MR glasses of Magic Leap, a mysterious company under development, graphene battery technology may make them thinner, faster to charge and last longer. It is reported that many manufacturers at home and abroad have started to develop graphene batteries. VR has changed our life, and maybe graphene will change VR.