Graphite Novel: Nobel Prize Thrusts Graphene into the Spotlight--But Can It Deliver?

Thursday, October 7, 2010 - 17:50 in Physics & Chemistry

For years researchers have held out hope that graphene would be the material to pick up the mantle in the electronics industry when silicon hits its limits as the material of choice for making devices smaller, faster and cheaper. Yet, turning graphene's promise into a reality has been difficult to say the least, in part because of the inherent difficulty of working with a substance one atom thick. [More]

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