Graphene is an alternative to copper for very many applications:<p>- "Researchers create first functional graphene semiconductor" <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38870695">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38870695</a><p>- "Shattering the 'copper or optics' paradigm: humble plastic waveguides outperform" <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39493373">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39493373</a> :<p>>> <i>Point2’s E-Tube provides a low-cost, low-loss broadband dielectric waveguide solution that could serve as an advanced alternative to existing electrical and optical interconnects in high-speed, short-reach communication links.</i> It’s 80% lighter and 50% less bulky than copper cables, <i>and could reduce power consumption and the cost of optical cables by 50%, with picosecond latencies that are three orders of magnitude better</i><p>- /? Can graphene replace copper? <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Can+graphene+replace+copper" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=Can+graphene+replace+copper</a><p>- Graphene can be made from trash. Flash heating waste plastic hydrocarbons yields Hydrogen and Graphene.<p>- Graphene can be made by lasering a fruit peel<p>- "Global Room-Temperature Superconductivity in Graphite" (2023) <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/qute.202300230" rel="nofollow">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/qute.202300230</a><p>- "Observation of current whirlpools in graphene at room temperature" (2024) <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj2167" rel="nofollow">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj2167</a> ..
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