In a Nature paper called "Solid carbon, springy and light, scientists from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China introduce a record-breakingly light aerogel, lighter than helium, only twice as heavy as hydrogen: Gao Chao's team had already been building macroscopic graphene materials in one and two dimensions; to create the new aerogel, the researchers branched out into the third dimension, using a new method of freeze drying the solutions of carbon nanotubes and graphene to create malleable carbon sponges.Graphene aerogel is the new world's lightest substance [Crave/Michelle Starr] (via Beyond the Beyond) |
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Sunday, March 31, 2013
Lightest-ever aerogel is only twice as heavy as hydrogen - Boing Boing
Lightest-ever aerogel is only twice as heavy as hydrogen - Boing Boing:
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