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Graphene is a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon. The discovery of graphene has been rewarded with Nobel Prize, in 2010 to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov. It is real and has already been produced from graphite, the scale of production still remains the main restriction.

Most of the research is still at the early stage and graphene products have not yet reached the masses in commercial use, however there is a big push for investment into graphene.

Graphene, even though being the thinnest material ever, is super strong. Graphene may at first sound like science fiction, with all it's declared super attributes in many areas. Those include:

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Does Graphene have a competitor in Silicene?

There's a new compound that may be closer to actual production use than Graphene - and it is Silicene. Single layer silicone with many of the same properties as Graphene.


Forget Graphene, Silicene Is Here to Blow Your Mind - Gizmodo
Well it looks like silicene is here to steal the spotlight. Researchers have just made the first sheet of single-atom thick silicon. Silicene has been a work in progress for years, but they think they've finally got it down now, and it represents a ... Move over graphene, silicene is the new star material New Scientist

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  1. Pelo ZeminaJuly 5, 2012 at 12:56 PM

    You can read a bit more hype about the silicene, younger brother of graphene, here:
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Young-scientist-from-Allahabad-University-in-breakthrough-graphene-research/articleshow/14695444.cms

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