Researchers from the University of Texas and the National University of Seoul in Korea have used a combination of graphene, molybdenum disulfide, gold, alumina and silicon nitrate to construct an artificial retina that is better than the current model.
According to the China Mining News on September 4th, although the research is still in its infancy, the use of materials to restore vision is a very exciting starting point. If the future research on artificial retinas containing graphene is in-depth, as the researchers hope, we may end up adding a super-function to the list of super-materials features - restoring the vision of people with visual impairment.
In fact, graphene is a new material with excellent performance in light, electricity, heat, force, etc., which has great application potential and can be widely used for economic and social development. With the continuous breakthrough of industrial technology and the continuous development of various applications at the downstream, the commercial application process of graphene materials will continue to accelerate. In the future, the graphene application market has great potential for development and will lead to a new market of trillions of dollars.
Graphene has good application prospects in energy equipment, transportation, aerospace, offshore equipment and other products. According to statistics from the Prospective Industry Research Institute's "Deep Market Research and Investment Strategy Planning Analysis Report", the annual graphene production capacity in the world has reached 100 tons, and will reach 1,000 tons in the next 5 to 10 years. By 2020, the global graphene market will exceed 100 billion yuan.
Among them, China accounts for 50% to 80%. China will play a leading and central role in the global graphene industry. By 2020, the scale of graphene industrialization will make a breakthrough. Among them, the market for lithium batteries and supercapacitors in the new energy industry will exceed 53.4 billion yuan. In the flexible display and wearable field of the electronic information industry, the market size will exceed 26.7 billion yuan. In the composite materials market, the market for plastics, rubber, paints and conductive inks will exceed 37.2 billion yuan. In the field of energy conservation and environmental protection, it will exceed 9 billion yuan. In the field of thermal management, the market scale of electronic products such as heat-dissipating film, LED heat-dissipating material and graphene heating film will exceed 34.1 billion yuan. In the field of biomedicine, graphene is used in biosafety, nano drug-loading systems, gene therapy, biomonitoring, and bioimaging and diagnostics. The market size will exceed 9.1 billion yuan.
According to the data, China's graphite ore reserves are more than 55 million tons, accounting for about 77% of the world's total. At present, China has a certain foundation in the development of graphene industry. It is reported that China's patents in the graphene field account for about 40% of the world's total, and industrialization has made certain achievements. At present, the processing cost of graphene has dropped to 1/10 in 2011, and the excellent rate and consistency have also been greatly improved, which is conducive to the expansion and development of downstream applications.
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