Nerd Stuff

[BLR]

Some pictures (taken at OSU with the Titan STEM/TEM using TEM mode at 300keV):

CNTs, relaxed, after addition of proprietary iron complex. This allows "straightening" of the CNTs with an applied electrical potential, to make use of their > 1TPa tensile strength. The nano iron was added via a super critical CO2 process that involved dissolving the iron particles into the CO2, then relaxing the C atoms in the CNTs to allow infusion.

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/1450N-0002_zps0a67bcd1.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/1450N-0002_zps0a67bcd1.jpg.html)

Prior to iron particle addition:

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/1700-S-0019_zps3faa8534.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/1700-S-0019_zps3faa8534.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/1700-2N-0013_zps5cc051f0.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/1700-2N-0013_zps5cc051f0.jpg.html)

This one does a decent job of showing lattice fringes of the carbon nanotubes.

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/1700-S-0022_zpsb89ada49.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/1700-S-0022_zpsb89ada49.jpg.html)

Application: reactive/smart multifunctional armor. My pet project. Amazing fun.

Just though I'd offer up something that wasn't depressing like school shootings, O-care, and so on.

One step closer to movie/video game type armor technology.

[TheTrevor]

That's pretty kittening cool. Thanks for sharing.

(In case anyone didn't quite follow that, CNT == carbon nanotube...)

[LHS]

I want a suit of Gothic plate armor made from that stuff. Just, you know, because.