Amazing new 3D printed Graphene aerogel is stronger than steel and 99.8% lighter

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WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF: Tomorrow's materials will be lighter, stronger and more flexible than todays, and that opens up a whole host of new applications.

The world's lightest 3D printed structure, a Graphene Aerogel, is so lightweight that it can be placed on top of a cotton ball or the petals of a flower, in fact it's so light that over 150 bricks of it are still lighter than a gallon of water. But that’s not all. It’s also stronger than steel, just 0.2 percent of the weight, and has the and that makes this amazing new material, whose aerogel cousins are already being used by NASA to create next generation space suits, and other companies, such as Oros to make highly protective thermal sports wear that can protect wearers down to a staggering -321 degrees Fahrenheit, a potential game changer.

The record breaking 3D printed graphene aerogel which Guinness World Records has recently named as "the world’s least dense 3D printed structure," was developed by Dong Lin, an Assistant Professor of industrial engineering, and his team at Kansas State University, along with colleagues Chi Zhou, an Assistant Professor of industrial engineering at University at Buffalo, and Qiangqiang Zhang, an Associate Professor at Lanzhou University in China. The 3D printed graphene aerogel weighs just 0.5 milligrams per cubic centimetre.

"Graphene is a revolutionary material and it makes sense that its aerogel form would be just as important," Lin said, "our 3D printed graphene aerogel has important properties that give the material many applications for better electronics, batteries or semiconductors."

[additivealex]

So this is basically binder jetting a solution of aerogel and water onto a peltier chip while using an ultimaker as the 3D control? I like it thanks for sharing.

[jobliar]

If you were to put this in a vacuum and seal it so it couldn't absorb any air would it then float in air? If so that would be really cool to have a solid that can float in air.

[WilliamAshleyOnline]

This is brilliant stuff. Can't wait for production to scale up and sequestration of air carbon to be used. I was thinking of using this stuff as packing material then reusing it as house insulation.

[GPBraaten]

I'd like a velomobile printed from this technology.

[AcersK]

so layers of graphene & ice, remove the ice and you get the full graphene structure?

[csunstudent]

Others videos about aerogel say it is brittle. So is it brittle or steo ger than steel?

[neatodd]

Hmm, we have a speaker who's not great at speaking English describing a complicated subject. How can we make this even less comprehensible? I know, let's add background music - then no-one will have clue what is being said!

[flashkraft]

Eventually Elon Musk will be able to 3D print his Space-x Starships to be stronger than steel and a fraction of the weight.