Graphene is a single atom thick
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Naturally shaped graphene has been found for the primary time, in 3.2-billion-year outdated rocks beneath a South African gold mine. The discover may result in extra energy-efficient methods to provide the fabric, which has a lot of helpful digital properties.
Graphene, a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon, was first found in 2004 by scientists utilizing sticky tape to take layers off pencil graphite, however scaling up its manufacturing has proved troublesome. Present industrial strategies to make giant portions of graphene require temperatures exceeding 1000°C (1800°F). …
