"Graphene is the thinnest material yet known, composed of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice. That structure gives it many unusual properties that hold great promise for real-world applications: batteries, super capacitors, antennas, water filters, transistors, solar cells, and touchscreens, just to name a few. The physicists who first synthesized graphene in the lab won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics."
""To reproduce what Thomas Edison did, with the tools and knowledge we have now, is very exciting," said co-author James Tour, a chemist at Rice University. "Finding that he could have produced graphene inspires curiosity about what other information lies buried in historical experiments. What questions would our scientific forefathers ask if they could join us in the lab today? What questions can we answer when we revisit their work through a modern lens?""
Graphene is an atom-thick carbon lattice with exceptional electrical, mechanical, and chemical properties suitable for batteries, supercapacitors, antennas, water purification, transistors, solar cells, and touchscreens. Laboratory synthesis of graphene led to the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. Historical incandescent-bulb filament experiments by Thomas Edison could have generated graphene as a byproduct during carbonization processes. Edison tested many filament materials and found carbonized bamboo achieved lifespans exceeding 1,200 hours at 110 volts. Contemporary researchers at Rice University reproduced aspects of Edison's methods and explored inexpensive, small-scale techniques and readily available materials for potential mass production of graphene.
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