The Next Big Thing

[Wolferz]

My bad. I forgot to post the link. The article explained all of the particulars. Particularly, that Geim was working on this at Manchester University.

Keep filling in my research papers, folks.

[Aktungbby]

One atom electric conductive membranes & magnetic levitating frogs???...........Commies at Cambridge?....the plot thicken$!

[Platapus]

Geim enlisted the help of a Ph.D. student named Konstantin Novoselov, and they began working fourteen-hour days studying graphene. In the next two years, they designed a series of experiments that uncovered startling properties of the material. Because of its unique structure, electrons could flow across the lattice unimpeded by other layers, moving with extraordinary speed and freedom. It can carry a thousand times more electricity than copper. In what Geim later called “the first eureka moment,” they demonstrated that graphene had a pronounced “field effect,” the response that some materials show when placed near an electric field, which allows scientists to control the conductivity. A field effect is one of the defining characteristics of silicon, used in computer chips, which suggested that graphene could serve as a replacement—something that computer makers had been seeking for years.

I have to confess that I don't understand most of what was written, but it does sound like a great discovery.

How to make your own graphene - using only powdered graphite and adhesive film: http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/arch...r-own-graphene

What this doesn't explain is how you remove the graphene from the film once you've made it...