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Ep 8. How Nanomaterials Can Build Better Bikes

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On this episode of the Sustainable Nano podcast, we talk about one example of how nanotechnology is changing something many people use every day: bikes! Margy Robinson, a graduate student in the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology and a competitive cyclist, explains how carbon nanotubes and graphene are currently being incorporated into some high-end bicycles.

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Floyd Landis racing on a carbon fiber bike in 2006 (photo by Michael David Murphy)

https://sustainablenano.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/ep8-nanotech-bicycles.mp3

For more information, check out Margy’s blog posts on this topic: Nanomaterials in Bicycles???? Part 1 and Part 2.

Want more podcast episodes? You can find them all on our podcast page, or you can subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. You can also find us on the National Science Foundation’s Science360 Radio network.


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Interviewee : Margy Robinson

Producer/Narrator : Miriam Krause

Music sources: Our music is by Ketsa and sound effects are from ZapSplat

Tagged: bicycles, carbon nanotubes, graphene, nanotechnology

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On this episode of the Sustainable Nano podcast, we talk about one example of how nanotechnology is changing something many people use every day: bikes! Margy Robinson, a graduate student in the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology and a competitive cyclist, explains how carbon nanotubes and graphene are currently being incorporated into some high-end bicycles.

carbon fiber bike

Floyd Landis racing on a carbon fiber bike in 2006 (photo by Michael David Murphy)

https://sustainablenano.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/ep8-nanotech-bicycles.mp3

For more information, check out Margy’s blog posts on this topic: Nanomaterials in Bicycles???? Part 1 and Part 2.

Want more podcast episodes? You can find them all on our podcast page, or you can subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. You can also find us on the National Science Foundation’s Science360 Radio network.


ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Related links :

Interviewee : Margy Robinson

Producer/Narrator : Miriam Krause

Music sources: Our music is by Ketsa and sound effects are from ZapSplat

Tagged: bicycles, carbon nanotubes, graphene, nanotechnology

  continue reading

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