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Graphene - The Carbon-Based Wonder Material

Graphene: The Carbon-Based ‘Wonder Material’

Graphene - The Carbon-Based Wonder Material
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You may not have been aware, but this week is Graphene Week 2015, which marks a yearly week-long conference at the University of Manchester based around the emerging science and technological applications of graphene. This seemed as good a time as any to take a look at graphene: what it is, why some scientists are excited by its potential, and how it might make its way to your hands in the near future.

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