GraphAir Technology

• Graphene is normally grown in a highly-controlled environment with explosive compressed gases, requiring long hours of operation at high temperatures and extensive vacuum processing.
• But now, Australian CSIRO scientists have developed a novel “GraphAir” technology which eliminates the need for such a highly-controlled environment.

About technology:

• GraphAir transforms soybean oil – a renewable, natural material - into graphene films in a single step.
• GraphAir technology results in good and transformable graphene properties, comparable to graphene made by conventional methods.
• With heat, soybean oil breaks down into a range of carbon building units that are essential for the synthesis of grapheme.
• The technology grows graphene film in ambient air with a natural precursor, making its production faster and simpler.
• This ambient-air process for graphene fabrication is fast, simple, safe, potentially scalable, and integration-friendly
• This unique technology is expected to reduce the cost of graphene production and improve the uptake in new applications.

About Graphene:

• Graphene, is a thin layer of pure carbon; it is a single, tightly packed layer of carbon atoms that are bonded together in a hexagonal honeycomb lattice. It is the thinnest compound known to man at one atom thick, the lightest material, the strongest compound discovered, the best conductor of heat at room temperature and also the best conductor of electricity known.

Uses of Graphene:

• Ultra-fast charging of batteries.
• Collection of radioactive waste for easier clean-up.
• Faster flash memory.
• Stronger and better-balanced tools and sporting equipment, such as tennis racquets.
• Ultra-thin touchscreens that can be pasted onto a non-breakable material.
• Graphene-based e-paper that can update with new information.
• Quick and efficient biosensor devices, to measure blood glucose, cholesterol, and possibly your DNA
• Headphones with phenomenal frequency response.
• Supercapacitors that essentially make batteries obsolete.
• Bendable batteries.
• Stronger and lighter aircraft and armor.
• Aiding tissue regeneration.
• Purifying salt water into drinking water.
• Bionic devices that can connect directly to your body's neurons.

By: Vishal