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| MIT researchers create 3D graphene material that has ‘five percent the density of steel, but 10 times the strength’ |
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| 20 Jan 2017 . BY Lauren Heath-Jones |
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| MIT's new 3D material is 10 times stronger than steel with only five percent the volume / MIT |
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A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has created a new material by compressing and fusing flakes of graphene. This new material has 10 times the strength of steel with only five percent of its volume.
The new material has a sponge-like configuration and its form has a unique geometric shape resembling coral and microscopic creatures called diatoms, which have an enormous surface area in comparison to their volume and have proven themselves to be remarkably strong.
The researchers found that the unique formation of the three dimensional form was more crucial than the material itself. This suggests that a variety of lightweight, strong materials could be created from different sources using the same geometric features.
Huajian Gao, a professor of Engineering at Brown University and not involved in the project, said: “[This work] shows a promising direction of bringing the strength of two-dimensional materials and the power of material architecture design together.”
Discovered by University of Manchester professors Kostya Novoselov and Andre Geim, graphene is one of the strongest known materials, and the world’s first two-dimensional material.
Graphene is also known for it’s versatility, as it is a highly effective conductor. It is also flexible, transparent, stretchable and impermeable.
In it’s original form graphene is 200 times stronger than steel and one million times thinner than a human hair. Until recently, researchers have struggled to translate its two-dimensional strength into useful, functional three-dimensional materials
Markus Buehler, head of MIT’s Department of Civil Environmental Engineering (CEE) and the McAfee Professor of Engineering, said: “What we’ve done is to realise the wish of translating these two-dimensional materials into three-dimensional structures.”
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Full Balance reveals all-natural reflexology board
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BY Katie Barnes | 19 Apr 2024 |
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| Austrian-based Full Balance has created a Big Foot massage board for communal spa areas which
guests stand on to "closely mimic the experience of professional reflexology treatments". |
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Through architecture and interior design, our goal is to enhance health and wellbeing by utilising building systems with advanced technology that elevate health and comfort.
Robert D Henry Architects (RDH-Architects) was founded in 1990 in New York City by Bob Henry, known as the
“sensuous architect of serenity.” |
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