Superlubricity-near zero friction from nanodiamonds | Anirudha Sumant | TEDxNaperville

Argonne National Laboratory has discovered a 2-D material that in certain conditions creates near zero friction. This new material may render oil useless as a lubricant and is poised to be a game changer in almost every industry. Dr. Anirudha Sumant is a materials scientist at the Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy facility. He is a leading expert on energy-efficient systems based on nanocarbon materials. His work on superlubricity-near zero friction-has opened a new era in solid lubrication technology.
Sumant is an award-winning inventor of more than 20 leading-edge technologies and has authored more than 120 peer-reviewed publications. He has helped form several technology-based start-up companies, and has developed a nanotechnology kit, available to high schools across the nation, that gives students first-hand nanofabrication experience in their classrooms. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@ayushmanbhatt7705]

I am an 19 year old boy who is taking up applied physics as university major , but still can't stop laughing when the proff said we use lubricant in every part of life.

[@derptweaker945]

the industry sector will be strong enough to embrace this technology. on the shelfs in supermarkets we will soon see 0 friction super thin nanodiamond condoms

[@devilslamp7306]

Absolutely cannot be used at high temperature, especially with ferrous materials. These nanodiamonds and graphene sheets will be dissolved into the iron matrix too quickly to be useful. Even without iron, graphene oxidizes pretty quickly (especially at high temperature) or reacts with nitrogen to replace carbon atoms in the lattice.

[@ghytd766]

Had to thumbs up the only cogent response here.
Must be a fellow engineer.

[@devlimbani]

Just they way he says nano catches me off-guard

[@CrispiJones]

This is significant Discovery, which as always is, will not be used to reduce anything anywhere for never till it falls into right greedy hands.

[@brickpig]

I think the industry sector would be strong enough to embrace this technology.

[@TriboTEX]

Great presentation driving attention to importance of Tribology!

[@angelarenee5832]

Sounds like money saved may translate more to profits lost. Guess how many times this year alone innovations have been considered a threat to national security?

[@joeking1019]

Hey, what about the emissions of china and India et all? America doesn't have the same industry it had in the '60s

[@drprasadbolisetty8234]

Compare the population of india, per capita of emissions are very very less when compared with developoped countries

[@chefboyardee5355]

He’s brown

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Walter

[@au1317]

Science is all about making observations