{"id":23187,"date":"2022-07-15T14:14:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T13:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=23187"},"modified":"2022-07-19T08:06:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T07:06:58","slug":"general-graphene-corporation-versatility-of-graphene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/general-graphene-corporation-versatility-of-graphene\/23187\/","title":{"rendered":"General Graphene Corporation: Harnessing the versatility of graphene"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gregory Erickson, Founder and CFO of General Graphene Corporation<\/a>, details the properties of graphene that make it a versatile and sought-after material.<\/h2>\n

Graphene has long been touted as \u2018the next big thing\u2019 in the world of materials science since it combines high electrical conductivity, impermeability, biocompatibility, high thermal conductivity, and strength into a material that is transparent, chemically inert, under a nanometre thick, and weighs less than a milligram per square metre.<\/p>\n

At the nanoscale, graphene is the strongest, thinnest, and most conductive material known, which is why most people see graphene as the solution to a diverse array of problems. However, our fundamental belief is that the versatility of graphene can only be harnessed when it is combined with other materials to create novel solutions that utilise the properties of graphene to deliver superior performance in various areas.<\/p>\n

By pairing graphene with existing materials, we aim to accelerate its transition from the \u2018next big thing\u2019 to the \u2018current big thing\u2019 in the materials science world.<\/p>\n

The carbon family<\/h3>\n

Ever since its discovery, people have viewed graphene as one material but, in truth, graphene is a spectrum of carbon-based materials. The properties of graphene change as the number of graphene layers is increased, crystal structure and alignment are changed, doping agents are introduced, and different substrates are employed.<\/p>\n

Just as carbon comes in many familiar \u2013 yet very different \u2013 forms, such as diamond and graphite, so too does graphene. By tuning or manipulating the graphene to emphasise specific properties and pairing it with other materials, we can effectively create a wide range of very different materials, all of which \u2013 or none of which \u2013 might be referred to as \u2018graphene\u2019. At the nanoscale, carbon exists in the form of nanotubes and graphene. Going beyond the nanoscale into the microscale, carbon can also compose of structures which lack crystallinity \u2013 these are known as amorphous carbon materials.<\/p>\n

Our proprietary atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (APCVD) process allows us to grow graphene and graphene-related carbon materials on a variety of substrates at both the nano and microscale. We discovered that, at the microscale, the resulting carbon growth is closer to a pyrolytic carbon film deposition which ranges from around 100 nm to 10 \u00b5m in thickness.<\/p>\n

\"graphene\"<\/p>\n

These films exhibit graphitic behaviour and have a unique set of properties:<\/h4>\n