Getting to grips with graphene | Shou-En Zhu | TEDxDelft

Graphene, a nano-structure, has many different usages. For instance, imagine a world where you would be able to desalinate water with a tool that can fit in your pocket or windows that can...

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Translator: Els De Keyser Reviewer: Denise RQNano materials and nanostructures exist everywhere in our natural world.Take a look at the wing of a dragonfly.If we zoom in 100,000 timesand look at the transparent membrane,we can see the nanostructureswhich are invisible to the naked eye.Graphene is transparent.This is a molecular model of graphene.To make it visible, it has been magnifiedover 280 million times.Graphene consists of only one single element:carbon.It's so simple.However, graphene has lots of special properties.It's the thinnest of all materials, only one atom thick.It's the strongest material ever measured.The in-plane carbon bond is strongerthan the tetrahedral carbon bond in a diamond.At the same time, it is flexible and stretch...