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Fifteen years ago this month, Professor Sir Andre Geim and Professor Sir Kostya Novoselov performed the first successful attempts at creating a synthetic monolayer of carbon atoms, a feat that would earn them a nobel prize 6 years later.
The European Union graphene flagship project has put out a release celebrating progress in the field. Which includes a list of products already on the market using graphene
It also makes some bold claims about the future of the tech
A host of applications for graphene are expected to hit the market 10 to 15 years from now. These are related to (opto)electronics, where graphene can deliver performances orders of magnitude higher than current technologies. The developments in this area could trigger the next-generation of (opto)electronic devices, bringing the 'more-than-Moore' devices to reality.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Saturday October 05 2019, @02:07PM (1 child)
That's an incredibly dumb thing to say. There are all kinds of things, wonderful things, they can do with graphene. The challenge has been to produce it in large enough quantities, cheaply enough. Once they crack that nut they'll go to town.
The best part is it's all carbon, which is ubiquitous. It would be neat if they could mine it from the air and kill two birds with one stone.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 05 2019, @07:57PM
If they made wind turbine blades out of it they could kill three birds!!