Science > Physics > By delicately cleaving a sample of graphite with sticky tape...
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"Sam Wormley" |
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01 Nov 2006 10:06:19 PM |
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By delicately cleaving a sample of graphite with sticky tape... |
Drawing conclusions from graphene (Nov 1)
http://physicsweb.org/article/world/19/11/7
In a time when cutting-edge scientific research is expensive and
complex, it seems absurd that a breakthrough in physics could be
achieved with simple adhesive tape. But in 2004, Andre Geim, Kostya
Novoselov and co-workers at the University of Manchester in the UK did
just that. By delicately cleaving a sample of graphite with sticky tape,
they produced something that was long considered impossible: a sheet of
crystalline carbon just one atom thick, known as graphene.
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