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World's First Single-Atom-Thick Fabric
neutron_p writes "Researchers at The University of Manchester have made the world's first single-atom-thick fabric, which reveals the existence of a new class of materials and may lead to computers made from a single molecule. They call it graphene, because it's 'webbed' by extraction of individual planes of carbon atoms from graphite crystal. The nanofabric belongs to the family of fullerene molecules, which were discovered during the last two decades, but is the first two-dimensional fullerene."
NFL!
Fuck yeah!
Bed Bath and Beyond!
Fuck yeah!
Fullerene slips!
Fuck yeah!
--Kevin
yes, but what if the terrorists realised that if you bite somebody, it really, really hurts. it would be mayhem:
terrorists lobby to get capital punishment legal in all major countries (for one murder)
terrorists bites innocent old lady
lady screams
lady beats terrorist to death with handbag
lady gets electric chair
what? it could happen.
nah, think about this, it's pure william gibson. an item 1 atom thick is as sharp as anything...seem to remember reading a sci-fi book about monofilament like this: a "wire" a single atom wide - would cut through anything...
That was probably the mono-filament blades used by Simon Green's Deathstalker novels.
From memory these were powered by energry crystals, much like the guns they used. I'm not sure why the power source was necessary though.
Although I'm sure I've seen the idea used elsewhere too.