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In today's lit update, we discuss exciting research that has shown to make graphene in 0.01 seconds!! So fast!! The other amazing thing about this is the graphene can be made from pellets that come from garbage! Such as used water bottles and tires, to various other sources of food wastes. As long as the source has carbon, it can be made into graphene using this technique! Truly incredible science and engineering. We want to make graphene quickly and in large amounts so that company's can use it. Let's learn more, together!

The lit work (first paper): \u202fD. X. Luong et al., \u201cGram-scale bottom-up flash graphene synthesis,\u201d Nature, vol. 577, no. 7792, pp. 647\u2013651, 2020.

Its follow up work (same research group): 

W. A. Algozeeb et al., \u201cFlash graphene from plastic waste,\u201d ACS nano, vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 15595\u201315604, 2020.

P. A. Advincula, D. X. Luong, W. Chen, S. Raghuraman, R. Shahsavari, and J. M. Tour, \u201cFlash Graphene from Rubber Waste,\u201d Carbon, 2021.

References:

\u202fA. Kumar, K. Sharma, and A. R. Dixit, \u201cCarbon nanotube-and graphene-reinforced multiphase polymeric composites: review on their properties and applications,\u201d Journal of Materials Science, vol. 55, no. 7, pp. 2682\u20132724, 2020.

E. Shamsaei, F. B. de Souza, X. Yao, E. Benhelal, A. Akbari, and W. Duan, \u201cGraphene-based nanosheets for stronger and more durable concrete: A review,\u201d Construction and Building Materials, vol. 183, pp. 642\u2013660, 2018.

\u202fD. Dimov et al., \u201cUltrahigh performance nanoengineered graphene\u2013concrete composites for multifunctional applications,\u201d Advanced functional materials, vol. 28, no. 23, p. 1705183, 2018.

H. Ritchie and M. Roser, \u201cPlastic pollution,\u201d Our World in Data, 2018.

R. de A. Martins, \u201cJoule\u2019s 1840 manuscript on the production of heat by voltaic electricity,\u201d Notes and Records, 2020.

B., Jyothirmai, M. Haritha Kiranmai, and K. Vagdevi. "Graphene reinforces asphalt\u2013Doubles durability of road." AIP Conference Proceedings. Vol. 2269. No. 1. AIP Publishing LLC, 2020.

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