He observes, for example, that carbon nanotubes failed as lubricants (one of the early uses dreamed up for them) because they react with metal surfaces to form carbides.
Built by connecting a number of standard modules each measuring 384mm both in height and width and weighing eight kilograms, the Diamond Vision OLED is scalable and can be designed to flexibly form a certain size or shape, even against rounded surfaces.
The current series, against an unthreatening Bangladesh attack on friendly batting surfaces, would have been the ideal opportunity to play himself back into form.
Cosgrove and his team worked on altering the stickiness of regular gum by changing its water-repellent qualities, encouraging water to form a layer around the substance so that it could be more easily removed from most surfaces.