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Any idea if their materials have changed? He speaks of Platinum and Titanium Dioxide as the materials they are using. Even discounting the cost of spinning up t
by mbell 12y ago
Any idea if their materials have changed? He speaks of Platinum and Titanium Dioxide as the materials they are using. Even discounting the cost of spinning up the necessary fabrication facilities, I would think such materials would keep the costs prohibitive for mass adoption.
- comboy 12y agoIn the nano scale I would imagine that the material cost is not the biggest issue
- regularfry 12y agoPlatinum has a long history in industrial applications, often in surprising quantities. There's got to be a few orders of magnitude more of it in a catalytic converter than you would want on a chip die. Titanium dioxide is better known as white paint pigment. Or sunscreen. People smear it on their skin in large quantities. It's not what you'd call scarce.