You can now 3D print one of the world’s lightest materials

Articles in MSN Australia, MSN New Zealand and Fox Business report about real-life applications for 3-D printing conducted by UB researchers, who have developed a way to 3-D print materials made out of Graphene aerogel, which is so light it can be used in products to soak up oil spills or make “invisibility” cloaks.

The article notes the UB researchers mixed graphene oxide with water and deposited layers on a surface at -25° C, which instantly froze each layer, allowing the undisrupted construction of the aerogel, with ice as its support.

Chi Zhou, assistant professor of industrial engineering, is the lead UB researcher on the project.

Read theMSN Australia story here.

The story also appeared in Quartz, a global online business news publication, Gizmodo, and Yahoo Finance.