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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:

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Worldwide graphene production made possible

The material can now be manufactured almost anywhere. Graphene was discovered initially by peeling off a layer from graphite.

This one is basically taking graphite, sticking it to water, blowing some air on it to produce flakes and those flakes can then be used to create graphene coating.

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  1. Pelo ZeminaJuly 5, 2012 at 12:55 PM

    There are also developments coming in from India:
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Young-scientist-from-Allahabad-University-in-breakthrough-graphene-research/articleshow/14695444.cms

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  2. Pelo ZeminaJuly 14, 2012 at 3:34 AM

    Also development on producing graphene by flattening nano-tubes: http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/07/flattening-nanotubes-produces-better-graphene

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