Graphene
A sheet of carbon one atom thick.
Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in hexagons, like chicken wire. It is extremely thin and strong and conducts electricity very well. Its discoverers won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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- GrapheneStep 4 · On saleGraphene is a sheet of carbon one atom thick, first pulled from pencil graphite with ordinary sticky tape.