Atomic forcipes and nuclear magnetic isotope separation method and apparatus

A method for synthesizing a metamaterial apparatus, comprising:

• providing enhanced graphene;
• selecting layered enhanced graphene having a preselected particle size;
• providing layered piezoelectric material sheets of smectite clay;
• separating layered sheets of piezoelectric material into exfoliated piezoelectric material particles;
• selecting piezoelectric material particles having the preselected particle size;
• combining enhanced graphene particles with piezoelectric material particles into a mixture;
• and
• adding a compatibilizer to the mixture,
• wherein atomic forcipes are formed.

An isotope separator, comprising:

• a low pressure oven chamber, reflective of radio waves;
• atomic forcipes disposed in powder form within the oven chamber, the atomic forcipes including a piezoelectric sheet and a graphene sheet, with a gallery region therebetween;
• isotope vapors within the oven chamber to react with the atomic forcipes, wherein the isotope vapors enter the oven chamber heated and vaporized, wherein there is at least one desirable isotope and at least one undesirable isotope in the isotope vapor, wherein the isotopes react with the atomic forcipes to create a forcipes-isotope mixture;
• an UV lamp disposed within the oven chamber and provided to irradiate the forcipes-isotope mixture;
• an ultrasonic activator disposed within the oven chamber and provided to ultrasonicate the forcipes-isotope mixture;
• and
• a programmable magnetron disposed within the oven chamber and provided to irradiate the forcipes-isotope mixture,
• wherein the second isotope is bound as an adduct to at least one sheet of the atomic forcipes, and
• wherein the first isotope is released from the atomic forcipes.

An isotope separator, comprising:

• a levitated suspension of atomic forcipes;
• a gaseous vapor stream in contact with and levitating the atomic forcipes, wherein the gaseous vapor stream includes a first isotope and a second isotope;
• a programmable electromagnetic transducer providing actuation to the atomic forcipes by electromagnetic irradiation at a preselected frequency;
• and
• at least one programmable ultrasonic transducer providing actuation to the atomic forcipes by ultrasonic irradiation between about 20 Hz to about 20 GHz,
• wherein the second isotope is bound as an adduct to a solid surface of the atomic forcipes,
• wherein the first isotope is released from the atomic forcipes and is entrained in a purified gaseous vapor stream.

A method for isotope separation, comprising:

• providing a levitated suspension of atomic forcipes;
• providing a gaseous vapor stream in contact with and levitating the atomic forcipes, wherein the gaseous vapor stream includes a first isotope and a second isotope;
• providing kinetic activation and free radical initiation an intercalated species within the gallery of the atomic forcipes by electromagnetic irradiation at a preselected frequency;
• providing actuation to the atomic forcipes by ultrasonic irradiation between about 20 Hz to about 20 GHz;
• binding the second isotope as an adduct to at least one sheet of the atomic forcipes;
• releasing the first isotope from the atomic forcipes;
• and
• entraining the first isotope in a purified gaseous vapor stream.

A method for isotope separation, comprising:

• providing a piezoelectric nanoparticle sheet;
• irradiating the piezoelectric nanoparticle sheet with ultraviolet light;
• generating surface free radicals on the piezoelectric nanoparticle sheet;
• providing a conductive graphene sheet;
• polarizing the conductive graphene sheet to make a polarized conductive graphene sheet;
• mixing the piezoelectric nanoparticle sheet with surface free radicals with the polarized conductive graphene sheet to create unlike nanoparticle suspension;
• applying ultrasonic energy to unlike nanoparticle suspension;
• intercalating the piezoelectric nanoparticle sheet with surface free radicals with polarized conductive graphene sheets in the suspension;
• forming atomic forcipes;
• creating an aqueous phase suspension with atomic forcipes;
• mixing the aqueous phase suspension with nuclear magnetic isotope ions;
• applying ultrasound to the suspension to promote nuclear magnetic isotope ion intercalation;
• applying ultraviolet light to the suspension to generate free radicals on the isotope ions;
• and
• extracting enriched nuclear isotope ions from the piezoelectric nanoparticle sheet in the suspension.

A method for isotope separation, comprising:

• providing piezoelectric clay sheets;
• implanting atoms having Lewis-type free electron pairs into the piezoelectric clay sheets;
• providing a graphene sheet;
• enhancing the graphene sheet to form an enhanced graphene sheet having near-field quantum enhancement;
• intercalating the enhanced graphene sheet between piezoelectric clay sheets having free electron pairs, and forming gap regions therebetween, wherein atomic forcipes are formed;
• introducing an isotope mixture having a target isotope to the atomic forcipes, creating a isotope-forcipes mixture;
• applying one of UV light, phonon sound, or RF energy to isotope-forcipes mixture;
• and
• extracting concentrated reacted nuclear magnetic isotope from the isotope-forcipes mixture, the concentrated reacted nuclear magnetic isotope being the target isotope.

A nanomechanical magneto-electric element, comprising:

• atomic forcipes, including:
• piezoelectric clay sheets, wherein the piezoelectric clay sheets have surface atoms expressing free electron pairs,
• an enhanced conductive graphene sheet intercalated between the piezoelectric clay sheets, wherein the enhanced conductive graphene sheet has a near-field quantum enhancement;
• and
• a respective gallery between each of the piezoelectric clay sheets and the enhanced conductive graphene sheet, wherein the respective gallery includes a guest intercalant ion.