Plain-English videos from Graphene Integrations, a graphene manufacturer in Charlotte, NC. Browse every series and episode below, or follow us on YouTube and TikTok.
Graphene & Green
A plain-language look at carbon footprints, heavy industry and data centers, and where a material one atom thick may help. Full-length episodes, with new ones coming.
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Ep. 1 What is a carbon footprint, and can graphene help?
What a carbon footprint is, why it matters, and where we believe a material one atom thick can help.
Graphene, Explained
Ten short videos on what graphene is, why it is hard to use, and where it is already at work, from concrete and plastics to lubricants and car care products.
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Ep. 1 A Nobel Prize in your pencil? What graphene actually is
Pencil lead is graphite; peel off one sheet and you have graphene, a single layer of carbon that won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Ep. 2 Why graphene is such a big deal
Strength, conductivity and transparency at one atom thick, and why those lab results are hard to carry into real materials.
Ep. 3 The catch: why graphene is so hard to use
Graphene sheets re-stack and clump, so spreading it evenly and using the real thing is the hard part.
Ep. 4 Graphene in concrete
Why concrete cracks, and the goal of a graphene additive that makes it stronger and more resistant to cracking and water.
Ep. 5 Can graphene help plastic stop a bullet?
How graphene spread evenly through a resin can help composites for armor and aircraft parts get tougher without more weight.
Ep. 6 Can graphene make oil work better?
Why metal-on-metal wear matters and how thin, slippery graphene flakes can help protect surfaces under pressure.
Ep. 7 Graphene is already in car care products you can buy
Our work with ITW on graphene-enhanced Rain-X and Black Magic car care products.
Ep. 8 What makes graphene so strong?
Carbon-carbon bonds in a honeycomb lattice, and why a single missing atom or tear makes quality matter.
Ep. 9 Is it really graphene? How we check
How Raman spectroscopy tells graphene from graphite, and what that check shows.
Ep. 10 How to get graphene into your product
The series finale: every project starts with your material and your goal.
Data Centers, Explained
Ten short videos on what a data center is, why AI racks pull so much power, where the heat and water go, and how cooling works, from air to liquid loops to immersion.
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Ep. 1 The cloud is a building: what a data center actually is
The cloud runs on real machines in a real building.
Ep. 2 Why AI racks pull so much power
More GPUs, packed tighter and working harder, and almost all of that electricity ends up as heat.
Ep. 3 Where all that heat goes: how data centers get rid of heat
From the chip to the room to the outdoors, and what happens if the heat can't get out.
Ep. 4 Why data centers use so much water
How cooling towers evaporate water to carry heat away, and the trade-offs of closed loops and air cooling.
Ep. 5 Data centers: pros, cons, and why we need them
The real downsides, what runs on data centers, and why the question is how to use less power and water.
Ep. 6 Air vs liquid vs immersion: 3 ways to cool a data center
How air, direct-to-chip liquid and immersion cooling differ.
Ep. 7 Loop fluid vs immersion fluid: what's in data center coolant?
Water-glycol in sealed loops versus dielectric oils in immersion tanks, and why they can't be swapped.
Ep. 8 What is graphene, and why does it matter for cooling?
Graphene is one of the best heat conductors known; the idea is to help a coolant move heat away faster.
Ep. 9 The hard part about graphene coolants: keeping it mixed
Why graphene flakes clump and settle, and why keeping them dispersed matters.
Ep. 10 Can a graphene coolant save data centers energy and water?
What our internal loop tests of a graphene coolant against a standard glycol coolant showed.
Questions about graphene for your product?
Tell us what you make and what you would like to improve. Call 704-659-3682, email frans@grapheneintegrations.com, or request a quote, samples or a spec sheet.