Whatever happened to graphene?

When graphene was first isolated in 2004 the so called “super material” was meant to change the world.

The material has remarkable properties - it is 200 times stronger than steel, transparent, extremely light, flexible and also exhibits excellent electrical conductivity.

Twenty years on it is starting to live up to the original hype and is being incorporated into a wide range of materials and products.

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[josedorsaith]

Have they solved the problem of production, yet? I remember Man U was making it with sticky tape

[noninvalidargument]

I was under the impression that graphene is incredibly strong the way an ant is incredibly strong. By weight it's incredibly strong, but it weighs virtually nothing as it's a single hexagonal carbon chain

[CJ-jodo]

Fun fact, your average lead (graphite) pencil ✏️ has lots of graphene. The biggest hurdle is actually separating it and making usable shapes and structures. How do you separate carbon in random chains from those in a graphene structure?

[tommothedog]

Has anyone done a long term study on what happens down the use chain? How does Graphene break down into the environment?

[rogerturner]

They said all the same things about asbestos....

[alexpacura]

Loses 99% of its properties dependimg on application

[frewq]

And we even had a factory of that in Poland...

[revanvonheaven]

Polycarbonate+ Graphene is amazing too

[nicholaskaralus]

So big mam upstairs said it is too expensive to change to it. So no go.

[kristopherleslie]

Build us a iron man suit or a material we can wear

[nizhyped]

Graphenes in phones since galaxy note 7.. so 40 million would be close to a billion devices including electronics?

[jamescrump]

It doesn’t belong on COVID clot shots.

[joeyd.staats]

Graphine is already being replaced with Borine made from Boron. Not sure of its properties though

[Coltgov]

10 years from now..."Have you used a product containing graphine? You may be entitled to a settlement"

[MrD_]

The only existing non-existent material in the world. 🤥