Comments on: Graphene, the New “Miracle Material,” Can be Made from Plain Sugar

By: T. Lester

T. Lester — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 02:34:00 +0000

And now that it’s 2012 , where is it? In what product?

By: T. Lester

T. Lester — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 02:32:00 +0000

This is very promising stuff!!

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New low cost method for making graphene — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:30:58 +0000

[…] includes concocting graphene from plain sugar or even using an old disco trick – dry ice – to separate graphene […]

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Scientists Use Dry Ice to Make Graphene Flakes — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:16:20 +0000

[…] lifted from chunks of graphite with sticky tape, and there are a number of ways to generate flakes of graphene, but researchers are still trying to figure out how to produce it in usable forms with predictable […]

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Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:49:20 +0000

[…] Herds Graphene Grains into Shape No comments July 24, 2011 in Improving Efficiency, New Technology Graphene, the newly discovered material that is only one atom thick but two hundred times stronger than […]

By: Julie Kinnear

Julie Kinnear — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:49:27 +0000

I believe that these inventions can rapidly reduce carbon emissions and to mitigate the impacts of human´s activity on the environment. Besides Graphene we have Thorium here (that should replace Uranium). I wonder how much energy is needed to made more of these materials. Basically the question is: don´t we spent too much energy to develop some sustainable and environmentally friendly materials?

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:32:50 +0000

S: Gosh dang it! Thanks for the pick-up, and I’ve updated the post. Graphene, not graphine!!

By: s

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:33:38 +0000

“graphine”?

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:18:35 +0000

Padraig Yeates: Good question. I have no idea! It’s tempting to assume they used white cane sugar since that’s what we usually associate with table sugar, but they could have used one of the variants you mention.

By: Padraig Yeates

Padraig Yeates — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:53:20 +0000

Does source or type of sugar affect process and properties? eg cane versus beet or brown versus white?