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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:
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

A few videos on graphene

This is with Andrew Geim, one of the two awarded the Nobel prize for experiments in graphene.


And the second with Nobel prize winner Konstantin Novoselov


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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Sir Andre Geim is Knighted

Already a Nobel laureate, Sir Andrew Geim, one of the original discoverers of Graphene has now been Knighted.

Sir Andre Geim, the scientist from the University of Manchester who discovered the "wonder material" graphene with colleague Professor Konstantin Novoselov, has been awarded a knighthood.

 I'm surprised it took 8 years, but apparently the Queen is a bit slow in her advanced age.
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