http://news.mit.edu/2018/bend-stretch-diamond-ultrafine-needles-0419
Looking forward to diamond related materials. Diamond covered condoms and phones!
You must have a pretty small dick if you look forward to a condom that small mate, this is done under an electron microscope.
well he is Singaporean
I hope they find some application with this. With the rise of graphene and stronger forms of carbon fiber, albeit still in the experimental phases, I feel this would be limited to small-time production.
I wonder if it'd be possible to stretch it into thread, that would make this insanely useful.
I wonder if they could stretch it into a figure with four straight sides of equal length forming two opposite acute angles and two opposite obtuse angles?
Inb4 diamonds are out and parallelogram jewelry is in
That is either a description of a swastika or loss
ultrafine needles? Sounds like a carcinogen if I've ever heard it.
Can anyone who is a biologist or whatever field would be relevant discuss this because this sounds like it would be the case to me.
It's a rhombus, more commonly known in English (for some reason) as a diamond-shape.
It'd be pretty amazing if this wasn't so absurdly limited
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bpaklhfb748tu6d/diaaaaamond.png?dl=0
I'll take my Nobel Prize now
Its about how you use it, not the size
you forgot the bending:
https://i.imgur.com/Wodlfsw.png
The article states that there is a maximum angle of deflection before it breaks, so not likely. Carbon nano-tubes would make for better thread.
The angle of deflection shown would be fine to be woven into plates of things like rebar, I think.
You'd still be better off over-all with carbon nano-tubes, as they're more likely to stretch than break under massive loads. Fiberglass also works, and it much, much cheaper.
It's pure carbon, shouldn't be carcinogenic. Diamond dust could theoretically fuck shit up and lead to cancer like asbestos can do but i doubt that you can pulverize diamond into particles that tiny in a manner that doesn't require some overkill or completely stupid process with no practical use
Tiny fine, razor-sharp pieces of diamond in your system can't be good for you. Same with fiberglass: You definitely do NOT want to breathe in that stuff.
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