The story of abilities of aerogel and nanomachines.

The story of abilities of aerogel and nanomachines. 

The lightest solid material on Earth is aerogel, which was invented in 1931. The material is very well known, and there is one question, and that is why Lawrence Livermore laboratories stamped this "solid smoke" top secret? There is one thing, what might answer that question. The thing is that aerogel is fibered silicon dioxide, and the version, what Lawrence Livermore laboratories created might base the carbon fiber.

Even if the aerogel is damaged, when it would be contacted with water, there are many usages for that kind of material. And the varnish or some polymer would keep the aerogel dry if that layer will repel water. And another version of that could be that the outer layer would use the nanotechnology, what is emulating the hair of otter, and that thing denies the water touch with aerogel.

The carbon-fiber structure would, in theory, give the carbon-based aerogel the quality, that the fibers operate like nanomachines. In this theoretical material, the carbon fibers could be like springs, what would remember their trajectory, if they will cut, and then those fibers can return to form. And this makes possible to create the layer, what fixes itself.

So the aerogel is a bright, light and flexible material, which is quite hard. There is one thing, what might make it interesting. That is the ability to use aerogel as the structure of aircraft and space vehicles.

The lightweight structure would make possible to send the heavier cargo to space. And if the aerogel can store information in the chemical computer program would that make a revolution in the material research and developing new kind of machines, what can change their form. 

The thing is that the DNA molecule would act as a chemical computer program. And if there would be multiple DNA molecules like tracks, the central computer of the craft can choose, what line would the enzyme choose, and that thing allows to choose the form of the craft. That thing would make possible to create a craft, which is like a living organism.

Or in some wildest theories, those carbon fibers could involve artificial DNA, which allows the craft to survive many situations. This kind of things are of course fully hypothetical versions of aerogel, and maybe they can be created sometimes in tomorrow. But if the layer of the spacecraft would be made by using artificial DNA, the craft can create a copy of itself.

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The aerogel, lightest material on Earth

The aerogel, lightest material on Earth

1. There could be many uses for the aerogel

Aerogel is material, which is mostly air. That makes it extremely lightweight, and that makes it addictive material for extremely high buildings. The thing that aerogel would be very light allows making very lightweight structures, and if this material would be like some urethane, it would be easy to transport to the building site.

The lightweight material, what is shaped like Lego bricks are easy to handle. Only one or two men can assembly even big structures, and then those layers can be painted that people don't see inside the house.

2. Aerogel bites can be shaped like Lego-bricks

Then the workers must just cast that material in the form, which allows making customized particles for the structure. The thing, what makes aerogel interesting is that material would let the air go through it, and this allows to make structures, where is always enough air.

But the aerogel can also form in bites, what looks like Lego bricks, and that allows to make structures, which can construct on the place, and then remove after the use. That would be a suitable thing in temporary buildings like some festivals and other happenings like evacuation centers.

3. Aerogel can be used in the heat shields and self-extinguishing materials

The aerogel can also be used in the heat shields of the spacecraft. That structure isolates the surface very effectively from the heat, and this makes it very effective in that kind of things, where is needed effective and lightweight thermo-protection. And if the aerogel bricks are packed in the bags, what is filled with carbon dioxide, that material would be used in structures, what will extinguish themselves.

An idea is that if the bag would burn broken, the carbon dioxide would lead to the fire. Or when the aerogel is casting, the process can make in the carbon dioxide, and then the brick would be covered by the isolating latex, what keeps the carbon dioxide in the material.

4. Aerogel can be used for bulletproof vests and military vehicles extra-armor

The cellular structure of aerogel makes it really interesting material because hollows in the structure make it elastic, and that would cause that this material would endure strikes. Because it is lightweight and breathing, it is suitable material for the bulletproof vests, and this makes them interesting also for military use.

But also tanks and other things can cover or even made by using this material. The lightweight form makes possible to put extra-armor on the outer layer of military vehicles, which increases their survivability against anti-tank weapons. Some of those aerogels are biodegradable, which makes them ecological solutions. There are many films on the Internet about this material, so you can see them on YouTube.