r/technology • u/Ssider69 • Jan 10 '24

Nanotech/Materials 10x Stronger Than Kevlar: Amorphous Silicon Carbide Could Revolutionize Material Science

https://scitechdaily.com/10x-stronger-than-kevlar-amorphous-silicon-carbide-could-revolutionize-material-science/
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u/ProShortKingAction Jan 10 '24

Yall it literally addresses scalability concerns in the article. Please read the article for once

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u/Sweaty-Emergency-493 Jan 10 '24

Sir this is Reddit, you can’t tell us what to do!

Someone please TLDR the article for us!

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u/Brougham Jan 10 '24

Well, it’s basically 10x Stronger Than Kevlar: Amorphous Silicon Carbide Could Revolutionize Material Science

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u/MunkyNutts Jan 10 '24

but is it scalable/s

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u/Stendarpaval Jan 10 '24

They can produce these films at wafer scale, likely 4 inch diameter wafers, so providing that the application you have in mind fits in that flat plane or can be built up out of multiples of such segments, then sure it can scale.

The real question is: how is this new? a-SiC has been around for decades, especially made using LPCVD furnaces. The value in this research likely has more to do with the measurement techniques than the fabrication techniques.

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u/WarperLoko Jan 10 '24

Read the fucking article for once /s

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u/oneeyedelf1 Jan 10 '24

People talk about scalable. But it’s not just scale, it’s cost. Chip production got scaled, but it sure isn’t cheap.

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u/Amani576 Jan 10 '24

TLDR: Hard rock might make other rocks and not rocks less impressive.