Physics Nobel Prize goes to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov for Graphene Research

Oct 5 2010, 5:12am CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

The 2010 Physics Nobel Prize goes to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov for playing around wihth super-thin carbon matter. Geim and Novoselov work at the University of Manchester. Via Reuters.

According to Wikipedia, Graphene is a one-atom-thick planar sheet of sp²-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. Graphene is seen to revolutionize electronics in the future.

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