Graphene’s peerless properties will take time to pay off
OCT 27, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024780
Washington Post : This year’s physics Nobel went to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov for discovering in 2004 how to make graphene, a two-dimensional form of carbon. The discovery excited physicists and engineers because of graphene’s superb electrical and mechanical properties. Writing in the Washington Post, Brian Palmer examines when those properties will prove profitable. The main source of delay lies in finding a way to make the material cheaply and in large batches. Palmer concludes:
As chic as graphene is today, it’s still really a material of the future. But there’s so much money and excitement in graphene research, the future may be soon.
© 2010 American Institute of Physics
