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Carbon Structures from Pencils to Jetpacks

Buckyballs, nanotubes, and graphene sheets have been the way of the future for *decades* but so far, the science just hasn’t lived up to the hype. Yet there are new carbon structures that pop up about once a year claiming to be the next big thing. So… how far are we actually from carbon structures revolutionizing the world and finally bringing us jetpacks?
Season 8 Episode 15 Length 17:15 Premiere: 08/31/22

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