I was just surfing on the world wide web where i read some articles about futuristics materials being developed around world and I must say I was mesmerized with the technology and the science that associated them.
have you ever thought of a material that can be 99.8% empty , super insulator , has super high surface area ,and still be tensile and strong. Well you should have a look over Aerogel or ‘frozen smoke’ as it is nicknamed.This material alone has 15 entries in the Guinness Book of Records.
do you know what material is used for making space elevators ?
carbon nanotubes..
The specific strength of carbon nanotubes is 48,000 kN·m/kg, the best of known materials, compared to high-carbon steel’s 154 kN·/kg. That’s 300 times stronger than steel. You could build towers hundreds of kilometers high with it. Apart from that Carbon nanotubes have numerous remarkable physical properties, including ballistic electron transport (making them ideal for electronics).
In 1987 a movie was released ‘Mr. India’, the hero had invisibility watch , Harry potter had a invisibility cloak, Human kinds loves to be invisible and I think that’s why they are working on Metamaterials., they are exotic composite materials that display properties beyond those available in naturally occurring materials. Instead of constructing materials at the chemical level, as is ordinarily done, these are constructed with two or more materials at the macroscopic level. One of their defining characteristics is that the electromagnetic response results from combining two or more distinct materials in a specified way which extend the range of electromagnetic patterns because of the fact that they are not found in nature. Metamaterials have been used to create microwave invisibility cloaks, 2D invisibility cloaks, and materials with other unusual optical properties. Mother-of-pearl gets its rainbow color from metamaterials of biological origin. Some metamaterials have a negative refractive index, an optical property that may be used to create “Superlenses” which resolve features smaller than the wavelength of light used to image them!
Metamaterials would used in phased array optics, a technology that could render perfect holograms on a 2D display. These holograms would be so perfect that you could be standing 6 inches from the screen, looking into the “distance” with binoculars, and not even notice it’s a hologram.
apart from that there are others like..
A diamond is forever ,think of a bulk of diamonds…
metals structured like glass !!
super alloys
metallic foams
transparent alumina , imagine a transparent building ,think about the toilets [:D]
electronic textiles , clothes that do the talking , so u never need to ask someone else ‘how do I look?’
