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The 2D materials give the possibility to create new lightweight and stronger-than-diamond materials.

 The 2D materials give the possibility to create new lightweight and stronger-than-diamond materials.

 

The 2D materials are the next-generation products. That allows researchers to create strong and lightweight structures. The problem with 2D materials like graphene is that they lose their abilities if they cannot keep their 2D structures.

Another problem is how to produce a large mass of graphene. Graphene itself is a material that makes it possible to create materials stronger than diamond. 

Researchers can use graphene as boxes, which walls are created by using graphene. The fullerene nanotubes can form the frame inside the graphene box. Or the graphene boxes can connect by using those nanotubes.  When graphene is connected with another carbon's allotropic form called ANDR (Aggregated diamond nanorod) that thing can create a structure that resists vertical strikes better than diamonds. 




The ANDR nanorods can be put as frames in those graphene boxes to give extra strength to those materials. Manufacturing systems can install those graphene boxes on a layer using DNA bites. They act as nano springs whose mission is to remove impact energy. 

The problem is how to produce enough of those nanorods and graphene. There is also the possibility to cover the graphene layer by using nanodiamonds. Those nanodiamonds form pyramid-shaped structures over graphene. Those nanodiamonds are the tools that can used in the next-generation stealth materials. 

Those graphene boxes are giving a new type of extremely hard layer for any shell. That kind of layer is useful in the spacecraft. But it could be game-changing armor in many military tools. 

The new materials require new production methods.  Production and handling of those new materials require AI-controlled chemical and physical environments. 

Structures that can be stronger than diamonds  Are useful for tools that must bite extremely strong materials. 

Graphene production is a very easy process. The system must only cover some layers by using graphite. Then the laser just planes extra carbon layers away from that material. The lasers or other electromagnetic systems can press regular cylinder-shaped nanotubes together. That kind of technology can turn regular nanotubes into ANDR nanorods. The thing is that nanomaterials are coming. 


https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-breakthrough-scientists-develop-new-way-to-manipulate-exotic-materials/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregated_diamond_nanorod


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_nanotube


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