Graphene is ultra-thin, uncommonly strong, and heat and electricity conduct through it with less resistance than any substance that exists. The discovery of graphene earned the $1.4 million 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for two Russian physicists conducting research in England. Physics labs across the world are experimenting with graphene in ways that may lead to unprecedented technological leaps in computers, televisions and amazing new resources.
Graphene uses Scotch tape in finding
Graphene was discovered at Manchester University. It was discovered by Nobel laureates Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov. Based on the NY Times, they accidently came upon it when researching graphite. They used Scotch tape to pull off diverse layers of it. They came up with a form of carbon a single atom thick. Graphene is so thin and strong, the Times said a sheet stretched over a coffee cup will reinforce the weight of a truck bearing down on a pencil point. Graphene’s amazing ability to conduct electricity and heat might make silicon obsolete in computer chips, work as an ultra-sensitive pollution-monitoring material, revolutionize flat screen TVs and enable the exploration of new physics.
Existence may totally transform with graphene
Geim told CNN he envisioned that graphene applications could transform everyday life much like plastic did. The material is two dimensional with the hexagonal array of carbon atoms. These atoms are arranged really specifically. Graphene is “fundamentally different” from three dimensional graphite because it is flexible. Graphene Industries and Geim work really close together saying that scientists are able to access all dimensional materials including zero-dimensional atoms and one-dimensional nanowires because of the two dimensional resources like graphene. Geim told Cable News Network that it is extremely hard to describe the range of possible graphene applications.
What exactly is the next thing graphene might transform
Laboratories are experimenting with graphene technology all over the world. PC World reports that researchers at University of California, Berkeley stretched graphene and noticed that it reacted as if it were exposed to a powerful magnetic field. This property of the material could have a major impact on how the smallest parts of electronic devices are built. Science reports that researchers in South Korea have figured out how to grow graphene in sheets large enough to make touch-screen displays twice as durable as the current technology.
Articles cited
New York Times
nytimes.com/2010/10/06/science/06nobel.html?_r=1 and hp
CNN
edition.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/10/05/sweden.nobel.physics/
PC World
pcworld.com/article/206931/graphene_nanobubbles_could_mean_more_powerful_gadgets.html?tk=hp_new
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