Sustainable Nano

Ep 8. How Nanomaterials Can Build Better Bikes

Episode Summary

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.

Episode Notes

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.

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IntervieweeMargy Robinson

Producer/Narrator : Miriam Krause

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

Tagged: bicycles, carbon nanotubes, graphene, nanotechnology