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gerdsmit
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Graphene as Plastic Filler

01/03/2012 1:02 PM

According to graphene creators (both Nobel prize winners) as little as 1% of this material mixed in plastics or rubber can turn them into electrical conductors. Could graphene as a filler find applications as nanosensors in oilfield operations ?
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Re: Graphene as Plastic Filler

01/03/2012 1:52 PM

Yes, I believe these new materials do show great promise for many applications including sensors for all sorts of industrial applications...

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/access/id/39865/title/Graphene_from_gases_for_new,_bendable_electronics_

http://biomems.uwaterloo.ca/papers/JNN.pdf

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGGE_en___US440&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=graphene

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01/03/2012 2:12 PM

Down hole, up hole, humans, vegatables, trains, solar cells, just about anywhere.

And they were just discovered. Think where they'll be in ten years.
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01/03/2012 8:28 PM

I got lost for a couple hour checking out the research that's being done and it does look promising. I was wondering about any Patents being applied for and found this article interviewing Andre Geim.

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