The importance of Manchester's "Graphene City"

• Autores: Emma Hughes
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 571, 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Abril)
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Today, 11 years since UoM researchers first proved the existence of graphene, a total of Pounds 121m ($179m*) has been invested in creating what the university hopes will become a "Graphene City".

    "[The NGI] will support the development of applications and business opportunities through partnership with industry, the commercialisation of intellectual property and the provision of highly skilled people with both scientific and entrepreneurial skills," James Baker, the NGI's business director told IM.

    "The structure is not overdesigned but it needs the mass to achieve the vibration criteria," explained BAM's construction manager, Tony Grindrod. "The vibration control has pushed the structural design towards a heavy concrete frame".