Graphene predicted to be the next wonder material

Telegraph : A tough and flexible material and the world’s best conductor of electricity, graphene was first isolated by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov nine years ago. In 2010 the two scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their ground-breaking experiments. Despite attempts to exploit graphene’s unique properties in applications ranging from batteries to implantable electronics to printing inks to automobiles, mass producing high-quality graphene at an affordable price has proven difficult. The next innovation may involve stacking graphene with other two-dimensional materials that have been discovered since graphene, such as boron nitrite or niobium selenide. Such potentially revolutionary composite structures could be just a few atomic layers thick, with each layer able to be manipulated with atomic precision to perform unique functions.