Edison’s 1879 light bulb may have accidentally produced graphene, scientists say

Rice University researchers recreated Edison's 1879 light bulb and found evidence it may have produced graphene by accident.

Did Edison accidentally make graphene in 1879?

To reproduce what Thomas Edison did, with the tools and knowledge we have now, is very exciting,” said co-author James Tour, ...
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Edison's 1879 lightbulb tests may have accidentally created graphene

When Thomas Alva Edison was painstakingly testing carbonized filaments for his early light bulbs in 1879, he was chasing a ...

Edison's 1879 bulb experiments may have unintentionally produced graphene

What do Thomas Edison and 2010 Nobel Prize in physics winners Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim have in common? According ...

Did Edison Accidentally Create a Vital Superconductor?

Mimicking Edison’s experimental setup, Eddy attached the light bulb to a 110-volt direct current electricity source. He allowed it to flow for 20 seconds, as bouts of heating longer than that can form ...

Adaptable Robots: Researchers Use Graphene Oxide Films for Shape Change

Movable structures can be manufactured from flexible, tear-resistant graphene oxide films, which simultaneously provide ...
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Century-Old Challenge Of “Atomic Diffraction” Finally Solved Thanks To Graphene

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...