GraphenTech (77G)

What is GraphenTech

GraphenTech is a project that merges 2 disruptive technologies, Graphene and Blockchain. The company is based in Rotterdam in the Netherlands and aims to become a worldwide graphene producer. The team is composed of about thirty international professionals’ expert in innovation, blockchain and graphene.

In the near future, all transportation in cities will only rely on electrical power, it would mean no pollution, no noise, and a better breathing atmosphere. It is possible that those vehicles will be recharged from home in 5 minutes without burning a hole in pockets as prices of fuel have reached an all-time high. Perhaps in time, travelling from London to New-York will take half of the current flight time through planes more weather resistant, safer, more aerodynamic and lighter, at the same time. It could also be possible that one day all our familiar gadgets of everyday life would be slimmer, faster while lasting longer. Medical improvements could help people heal faster with better understanding and control of biological processes. Now imagine an affordable technology that would give millions of people access to clean and safe drinking water. All these science fiction ideas could soon be part of reality with the development of graphene, also known as the wonder material.

DEFINITION

Graphene is a two-dimensional material of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb-like lattice and it is considered as the most famous nanomaterial produced by researchers.

Scientists theorized about graphene for years but in 2004, they finally isolated a single-atom-thick sheet of graphene from graphite (the raw material) and subsequently won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2010. Graphene is the thinnest and strongest material known until now, is just one atom thick (a million times thinner than a hair) and yet 150 times stronger than the same weight of steel. It is foldable at will and expandable by more than 20%. It conducts electricity more than 200 times more efficiently than silicon and is made entirely of carbon, which is the fourth-most-abundant element in the universe!