Now on view at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, is 'Wonder Materials: Graphene and Beyond' – a new show celebrating the fascinating attributes of graphene. Photography: Angela Moore
什么东西比钢更结实,但比一根人的头发更薄?比铜更导电,但比橡胶更柔软?这听起来几乎是个谜,但答案更具有技术性:石墨烯。
诺贝尔奖得主是俄罗斯出生的科学家安德烈·海姆和克斯特亚·诺沃舍洛夫,他们是曼彻斯特科学和工业博物馆新展览的焦点,展览的主题是“神奇材料:石墨烯及更远”。卢西安罗伯茨和环球设计工作室的任务是设计展览,他们和照明工作室DHA一起着手使无形的可见和科学的联系起来。
罗伯茨在重述盖姆和诺沃舍洛夫发现的故事时解释说:“让我们产生想象力的是一个”美好“的新世界的概念。”这是一个周五晚上的实验,用胶带导致基片分离,只有一个原子厚。“这成为了一个主题,为图形提供了信息。罗伯茨说:“我们也非常喜欢规模概念。”
刻度作为一种设备在整个过程中被反复使用,最显著的是在“石墨烯”这个词的闪闪发光的超图中,当参观者到达展览的过去和现在,迎接他们。这些字母是灰色的,但柔和地闪烁着-指的是石墨。每个字母都在顶部剥皮,以令人吃惊和生动的颜色揭开底面的面纱;荧光绿色、桔子和粉色,以及闪烁在光线中的闪闪发光的全息颜色。美国国家石墨烯研究所(National Graphene Institute)洁净室的真人大小图像,以及兰登国际(RandomInternational)12米长的视频安装,“万物与无物”(Everything And Nothing)(这个集体的第一个纯视频项目,也是自其在国际上广受赞誉的“雨屋”(Rain Room)以来的第一个英国公共委员会),进一步发挥了宏和微观(或
展览的过去部分,以淡绿色的Perspex标签,一个斑驳的灰色方案和低照明,描述了通过模型和静态打印基板的历史。在本部分中,大卫·肖的干净房间照片和帕诺斯影业委托的背光照片文章重新创建了正在进行的可能改变生命的研究。就像启发它的实验室一样,配色方案变成了超级白色、超级明亮和超级干净,标签们从覆盖窗户和玻璃门的黄色保护膜中汲取了它们的线索。展望未来,插画家罗素·贝尔和赫希
Graphene is stronger than steel but thinner than a single strand of human hair; more conductive than copper, but more pliable than rubber. Photography: Angela Moore
It was properly discovered by Russian-born scientists Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov in 2004. Tasked with the design of exhibition were LucienneRoberts+ and Universal Design Studio, who together with lighting studio DHA set about making the invisible visible, and the scientific relatable. Photography: David Shaw
'What caught our imagination was the notion of peeling back to reveal a "wonderful" new world,' explains Roberts. Photography: David Shaw
Life size images of the clean rooms at the National Graphene Institute further play with the concept of the macro and the micro (or nano, if you want to be technical) to dramatic effect. Photography: David Shaw
The past section of the exhibition, denoted by the pale green Perspex labels, a smudged grey colour scheme and low lighting, recounts the history of the substrate through models and static prints. Photography: David Shaw
Combining art and science to highlight creativity's essential role in scientific innovation is Random International's 12m-long video installation, Everything and Nothing, pictured
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