If the VFD was scalable to commerciality it would have been done by now. Not as if they are building a laptop using entanglement and quantum physics. It is a spinning glass tube filled with liquid. Am I missing something? A great novelty research tool as far as I can see, If it was that great and important no research lab would be without one, but they are not.
In comparison with: Dump some kero in a box and cavitate it to death. Simple. (More or less, if you do not know what 3,000 bar means) In the patent "Background" they spent most words on QD,
..now this is interesting, Paul Ladislaus worked for Thomas Swan and Co where the cavitation device was invented that lead to above patent. I found through GB543486
(54) Title of the Invention: Apparatus and method of using the apparatus for bulk production of atomically thin 2-dimensional materials including graphene (2017)
Digging deeper..
https://thomas-swan.co.uk/thomas-swan-announces-graphene-deal-with-mason-graphite-to-create-a-new-venture-black-swan-graphene-for-bulk-graphene-production/3 Aug 2021Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. today announced that it has completed a joint venture transaction with Canadian-based Mason Graphite Inc. to launch a new company, Black Swan Graphene (BSG), that aims to establish a large-scale commercial production facility in Québec, Canada. BSG, has acquired the graphene patent and knowhow from Thomas Swan in return for £3M in cash, 33.33% of the shares in BSG and a back-licence that allows Thomas Swan to continue to manufacture and sell smaller quantities, up to 1000T per year, of graphene. ...(begs the question as to how much i.e. the definition of "large-scale"? does the new Black Swan Graphene intend to make??
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Mr. Fahad Al-Tamimi, Chairman of Mason Graphite, commented: “We couldn’t be more excited to embark on this new venture with Thomas Swan, a highly respected and dynamic company, in the promising world of graphene. Graphene is no longer theoretical, but undergoing a transformative progress in applications, production, and commercialisation. Yet very few companies are able to produce high performance graphene at a cost sufficiently low to penetrate industrial markets; I believe Black Swan Graphene will be one of them.”
