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[chumbo1] 06/4/2019 06:33

Sorry, graphene-borophene is the new wonder material that's got everyone excitedStronger and more flexible than graphene, a single-atom layer of boron could revolutionize sensors, batteries, and catalytic chemistry.by Emerging Technology from the arXiv April 5, 2019Not so long ago, graphene was the great new wonder material. A super-strong, atom-thick sheet of carbon "chicken wire," it can form tubes, balls, and other curious shapes. And because it conducts electricity, materials scientists raised the prospect of a new era of graphene-based computer processing and a lucrative graphene chip industry to boot. The European Union invested €1 billion to kick-start a graphene industry.This brave new graphene-based world has yet to materialize. But it has triggered an interest in other two-dimensional materials. And the most exciting of all is borophene: a single layer of boron atoms that form various crystalline structures.The reason for the excitement is the extraordinary range of applications that borophene looks good for. Electrochemists think borophene could become the anode material in a new generation of more powerful lithium-ion batteries. Chemists are entranced by its catalytic capabilities. And physicists are testing its abilities as a sensor to detect numerous kinds of atoms and molecules. Today, Zhi-Qiang Wang at Xiamen University in China and a number of colleagues review the remarkable properties of borophene and the applications they might lead to.Borophene has a short history. Physicists first predicted its existence in the 1990s using computer simulations to show how boron atoms could form a monolayer.Sign up for The DownloadYour daily dose of what's up in emerging technologyStay updated on MIT Technology Review initiatives and events?YesNoBut this exotic substance wasn't synthesized until 2015, using chemical vapor deposition. This is a process in which a hot gas of boron atoms condenses onto a cool surface of pure silver.The regular arrangement of silver atoms forces boron atoms into a similar pattern, each binding to as many as six other atoms to create a flat hexagonal structure. However, a significant proportion of boron atoms bind only with four or five other atoms, and this creates vacancies in the structure. The pattern of vacancies is what gives borophene crystals their unique properties.Since borophene's synthesis, chemists have been eagerly characterizing its properties. Borophene turns out to be stronger than graphene, and more flexible. It a good conductor of both electricity and heat, and it also superconducts. These properties vary depending on the material's orientation and the arrangement of vacancies. This makes it "tunable," at least in principle. That's one reason chemists are so excited.Borophene is also light and fairly reactive. That makes it a good candidate for storing metal ions in batteries. "Borophene is a promising anode material for Li, Na, and Mg ion batteries due to high theoretical specific capacities, excellent electronic conductivity and outstanding ion transport properties," say Wang and co.Hydrogen atoms also stick easily to borophene's single-layer structure, and this adsorption property, combined with the huge surface area of atomic layers, makes borophene a promising material for hydrogen storage. Theoretical studies suggest borophene could store over 15% of its weight in hydrogen, significantly outperforming other materials.Then there is borophene's ability to catalyze the breakdown of molecular hydrogen into hydrogen ions, and water into hydrogen and oxygen ions. "Outstanding catalytic performances of borophene have been found in hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen reduction reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, and CO2 electroreduction reaction," say the team. That could usher in a new era of water-based energy cycles.Nevertheless, chemists have some work to do before borophene can be more widely used. For a start, they have yet to find a way to make borophene in large quantities. And the material's reactivity means it is vulnerable to oxidation, so it needs to be carefully protected. Both factors make borophene expensive to make and hard to handle. So there is work ahead.But chemists have great faith. Borophene may just become the next wonder material to entrance the world.

[1teepee] 06/4/2019 02:10

Fest only tells everyone how much he could sell, more money than brains.

[1teepee] 06/4/2019 01:56

Fest is filtered. Too rude too listen to. Bye bye

[1teepee] 05/4/2019 23:26

Pg48Versarien gets a mention as an associated member

[1teepee] 05/4/2019 23:20

I printed it out at work and was reading it for a few hours, it's really informative.Please everyone read it if you can be bothered

[1teepee] 05/4/2019 23:19

Hopefully we get a weekend rns to digest as the feast will be so large!

[graphite bot] 05/4/2019 22:39

Great couple of weeks. And thing are just warning up. Shorters will burn. Great buying action into close. Monday could be very good.

[chimpandy1] 05/4/2019 21:50

You really must be new to this game. It's a shame, if you knew anything about the prospects here you would be long. 1/10 for originality also.

[tim3416] 05/4/2019 21:48

What a great finish to the week..looks like the shorters pathetic attempts to get the share price down by trying to discredit one of the VRS team have fallen rather flat :-)

[newtothisgame3] 05/4/2019 21:04

#VRS #Versarien North American chief faces criminal proceedings
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Versarien is well established in the UK and Europe, while it is establishing partnerships with businesses and public bodies in China at a phenomenal rate. Use is being found for graphene, a tough and incredibly light material, in a rapidly growing range of products, spanning batteries to running shoes. There seems to be a huge market opportunity here, and therefore it is a shame that Versarien has had its grand US entry tainted in this way. Hold.

[newtothisgame3] 05/4/2019 21:03

#VRS #Versarien North American chief faces criminal proceedings
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Versarien is well established in the UK and Europe, while it is establishing partnerships with businesses and public bodies in China at a phenomenal rate. Use is being found for graphene, a tough and incredibly light material, in a rapidly growing range of products, spanning batteries to running shoes. There seems to be a huge market opportunity here, and therefore it is a shame that Versarien has had its grand US entry tainted in this way. Hold.

[newtothisgame3] 05/4/2019 21:03

#VRS #Versarien North American chief faces criminal proceedings
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Versarien is well established in the UK and Europe, while it is establishing partnerships with businesses and public bodies in China at a phenomenal rate. Use is being found for graphene, a tough and incredibly light material, in a rapidly growing range of products, spanning batteries to running shoes. There seems to be a huge market opportunity here, and therefore it is a shame that Versarien has had its grand US entry tainted in this way. Hold.

[handykart] 05/4/2019 20:40

Grabster, let's hope Neill and team have a lot more commercial success than Robert Forester Mushet. Think they will somehow :0)

[chimpandy1] 05/4/2019 20:25

Not sure even Neill could answer that one! My guess would be much higher than we are now though.Have a good weekend all!Chimp

[germanicus] 05/4/2019 20:24

Blimey! Closed at the high of day, with decent volume..... very bullish indeed!!



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[kemorkid] 05/4/2019 20:10

Fest ,
What is your price prediction for Santa
2019 please?

[rogerbridge] 05/4/2019 18:50

S.G. Once more thanks for the excellent posts.

[1teepee] 05/4/2019 18:24

I meant their technical knowledge. As mine is lacking compared to all the great people working for us

[1teepee] 05/4/2019 18:22

Reading the flagship report really gives you a great insight and the technical knowledge needed to solve the problems. I understand why it's taking longer than I first anticipated.

[grabster] 05/4/2019 18:13

I think the late surge in share price today is 65% likely to be leakage of news, and 35% likely to be an end-of-tax-year technicality. But 100% of my money is on news ;-)

[kemorkid] 05/4/2019 18:12

I see Mrs Amazon settled for 78 billion
For divorce of Mr. Amazon
Wonder would Mrs Versarien
leave me for that in a few years.
Hmmm

[1teepee] 05/4/2019 18:00

If I say it will rain everyday and it rains on the 20 th day, should I say" I told you it would rain"