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Graphene is a proven supermaterial, but manufacturing the versatile form of carbon at usable scales remains a challenge

  • Written by Kevin Wyss, PhD Student in Chemistry, Rice University
Graphene is a proven supermaterial, but manufacturing the versatile form of carbon at usable scales remains a challengeGraphene has many incredible physical properties that arise from its one-atom-thick carbon structure.AlexanderAlUS/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

“Future chips may be 10 times faster, all thanks to graphene”; “Graphene may be used in COVID-19 detection”; and “Graphene allows batteries to charge 5x faster” –...

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