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[First Aspect]

The one who I could ask to measure your wit is into 'FeCl3-intercalated few layer graphene', apparently. Seems like a perfect wit-measuring qualification, if you ask me. I think that's slightly thinner than a demisemihemidemisemiquaver in cross-section.

I mean it's not uninteresting, and sounds like something that might have semiconductor applications. But it could also be something interesting with no practical application whatsoever.

 

[briantrumpet]

I mean it's not uninteresting, and sounds like something that might have semiconductor applications. But it could also be something interesting with no practical application whatsoever.

Probably more commercial applications than finding Higgs-Boson particles, at least in the short term.

I actually like the idea of finding out about stuff without knowing how understanding that stuff might be of any use to humanity. I'm not sure if it matters that some stuff ends up on the "Oh, that's interesting" pile but not on commercial company's balance sheet.

 

[Ian H]

In quantum terms, resting state. Unless you are excited.

I find this witty, but you will need to take my word for it.

It will, of course, mean different things to different people, or even to the same people.

 

[First Aspect]

Probably more commercial applications than finding Higgs-Boson particles, at least in the short term.

I actually like the idea of finding out about stuff without knowing how understanding that stuff might be of any use to humanity. I'm not sure if it matters that some stuff ends up on the "Oh, that's interesting" pile but not on commercial company's balance sheet.

This is true, but one of the few things my supervisor and I agreed on was his philosophy that if you are going to try something new, you may as well do it on something that is also interesting. Which for him and me meant it was somehow industrially relevant.

I still remember my disappointment when part way through my rather engaging masters year I asked my supervisor what the compounds I was working on were for. His answer, nothing, they are just interesting.

They immediately seemed far less interesting to me.

 

[briantrumpet]

FWIW... I guess that lithium ion batteries might eventually find some uses. Obviously I understand this abstract completely.

"We report a facile and efficient approach to prepare graphene and FeCl3-intercalated few-layer graphene (FeCl3-FLG) with stage 1 FeCl3-graphite intercalation compounds (GICs) as a precursor by a non-oxidation process. The enlarged interlayer spacing by the intercalation of FeCl3 greatly weakens the interaction among graphite sheets and thus facilitates the exfoliation of FeCl3-GICs. By ultrasonic treatment, FeCl3-GICs are well exfoliated to graphene sheets (<2 nm) with a high yield of 100%, while the ultrasonication of pristine graphite is less efficient with a low yield (about 32%) of graphene sheets. By simply controlling the sonication time, FeCl3-FLG consisting of graphene sheets and sandwiched FeCl3 is also prepared, which exhibits a high capacity of 989 mA h g−1 after 50 cycles, fairly higher than that of the sonicated graphite (503 mA h g−1) and the theoretical value of graphite (372 mA h g−1). Furthermore, FeCl3-FLG still retains a reversible capacity as high as 539 mA h g−1 even at a current density of 1000 mA g−1. Therefore, the high reversible capacity, remarkable cycling stability and superior capability make FeCl3-FLG promising as anode materials for large-scale and high-capacity lithium ion batteries."

 

[First Aspect]

I looked it up. It has received the First Aspect stamp of "interesting".

They are using the intercalating species to pry graphene layers apart basically, to make graphene electrodes capable of tolerating high current densities, so useful for fast charging and high power delivery.

The challenge is to create the "few layer graphene" in such a way as to minimise the resulting compromise from it's theoretical "pure graphene" value.

This suggests, knowing little about it, that "pure" FLG is hard or impossible to make.

 

[AuroraSaab]

People who say graphene is the world's thinnest man made material have never used Lidl bin bags.

 

[briantrumpet]

I looked it up. It has received the First Aspect stamp of "interesting".

They are using the intercalating species to pry graphene layers apart basically, to make graphene electrodes capable of tolerating high current densities, so useful for fast charging and high power delivery.

The challenge is to create the "few layer graphene" in such a way as to minimise the resulting compromise from it's theoretical "pure graphene" value.

This suggests, knowing little about it, that "pure" FLG is hard or impossible to make.

 

[BoldonLad]

Probably more commercial applications than finding Higgs-Boson particles, at least in the short term.

I actually like the idea of finding out about stuff without knowing how understanding that stuff might be of any use to humanity. I'm not sure if it matters that some stuff ends up on the "Oh, that's interesting" pile but not on commercial company's balance sheet.

Of no known use now, but, tomorrow, who knows?

 

[Rusty Nails]

Mine has "quantum" in the title. That is surely on the list.

Best James Bond films?

 

[Pblakeney]

Best James Bond films?

Couldn't possibly be that.
Universally decreed to be the worst of the Daniel Craig films.