Injongo

Izazinzulu uGeim kunye noNovoselov babethanda ukuququzelela oko kubizwa ngokuba ngamalingo angoLwesihlanu ngokuhlwa, imifuniselo echwayitileyo ngaphandle kwemeko esele ucingelwe ukuba uya kuyo, batsho kudliwano ndlebe, “kungcono 10 ipesenti yexesha lakho olichithe”.

Indlela yokwenza

Kuvavanyo olunjalo bazoba, kwi 2004, kunye neqhekeza leteyiphu yeScotch ixolo elibhityileyo kakhulu legraphite ukusuka kwindawo yepensile.

Isiphumo

Uhlobo lwentambo yenkukhu yeeathom zekhabhoni ezibambe umhlaba wefiziksi ukusukela ngoko. Kwaye yazisa uGeim noNovoselov 2010 iBhaso leNobel. Ucingo lwenkukhu - igraphene - ineempawu ezikhethekileyo. Iyakwazi ukuqhuba umbane kanye njengobhedu. Iqhuba ubushushu ngaphezu kwazo zonke izinto ezaziwayo. Iguquguquka kwaye iphantse ibonakale elubala, kodwa ixinene kangangokuba nerhasi yeheliyamu ayinakudlula kuyo. Igraphene ke ngoko ibonwa njengomgqatswa we-innovative electronics: ii-graphene transistors kulindeleke ukuba zikhawuleze kunetransistors ye-silicon yangoku. Kuba igraphene iqhuba kakuhle kwaye ibonakala elubala, Ikwafanele ukusetyenziswa kwizikrini zokuchukumisa, iipaneli zokukhanya kunye neeseli zelanga. Xa igraphene ixutywa kwiiplastiki, ingenza ezoplastiki zikwazi ukumelana nobushushu kwaye zomelele, kwaye uvelise imathiriyeli ezomelele kakhulu, ube lula kwaye ube bhetyebhetye, kunye nezo zinokwenzeka kwiinqwelomoya, iimoto kunye ne-aerospace ziya kusetyenziswa.

Izifundo

Isithuba: “Baninzi abantu ababekhangela igraphene kwaye ndaphantse ndakhubeka kuyo. (…) Konke endinokukwenza, uzama ukwandisa amathuba amancinane okukhubeka kwinto ethile kwakhona.” UGeim ufumene igraphene 'ngengozi', ukufumanisa kwakhe kwaba ngumphumo wokuzola. Kumsebenzi wakhe uvula ithuba lokuyila, ngokudlala nangokudibana. Ukwazi ukuba ukhubekile kwinto ebalulekileyo okanye hayi, Ngaba udinga ulwazi olwaneleyo olusisiseko. Njengenkwenkwe eneminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu ubudala, wayefuna ukufumana iimpendulo kwimibuzo emikhulu: isebenza njani icosmos. Astrofysica. Inxalenye yefiziksi. Kamva wabhala ithisisi yakhe kwifiziksi yesinyithi. Hlwanyela. Ukubhuqa. Kodwa ke kwaqalisa ukuba mnandi. “Ndandilufumene ulwazi olusisiseko, ngoku ndandinokuzikhethela izifundo zam, fantaze, cinga, ukudlala." La manyathelo ajoliswe ekuqokeleleni ulwazi oluyimfuneko anike uGeim indawo awayeyifuna. Wayezibonakalise enobuchule bobugcisa bakhe kwaye wayenokuqalisa ukwenza umfuniselo. I-Serendipity ayinakho ukubakho kwi-vacuum: kuthatha into yokudlala kunye nendawo ukuzulazula.

Ngokubhekele phaya:
Geim wenza uphando crazy ngakumbi: umzekelo, uyeka umkhabi ukuba adande kumhlaba wemagnethi owomeleleyo. Ngenxa yoku wangena 2000 iBhaso likaNobel le-Ig – iqabane leBhaso leNobel, kuphando oluphambeneyo. I-Geims hamster ibhale ngokubambisana upapasho ekuthethwa ngalo. Isithuba, owayesebenza kwiYunivesithi yaseRadboud eNetherlands ubonisa ukuba kwakungasoloko kukho uxabiso olufanayo ngolu hlobo lolingelo eNetherlands.. Eso yayisisinye isizathu sokushiya eManchester apho waba nguprofesa. "Inkqubo yemfundo yaseDatshi ibaluleke kakhulu kum". Njengoko watshoyo kwimagazini yobungcali. “Omnye unjingalwazi ngumphathi kwaye wonke umntu kwiqela lakhe ungaphantsi kwakhe. (…) Andiziva ndikhululekile kuloo nto.”

Imithombo: NRCOkulandelayo, uLwesine 13/1/2011, Lumax iimveliso, 24/11/2010
Umbhali: abahleli IVBM

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