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    Graphene is a new innovative material discovered by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov who received the Nobel Prize for physics last year. A sheet of graphene is considered bi-dimensional, because it is about an atom of carbon thick. It is a good electrical and heat conductor; it is one of the strongest material in the world, even stronger than steel; it's transparent and flexible, so it can be used for the new generation of touch screens.

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    Graphene is a new innovative material discovered by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov who received the Nobel Prize for physics last year. A sheet of graphene is considered bi-dimensional, because it is about an atom of carbon thick. It is a good electrical and heat conductor; it is one of the strongest material in the world, even stronger than steel; it's transparent and flexible, so it can be used for the new generation of touch screens.

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    European Pupils

    Magazine
    Alessandra Villarà
    Liceo Statale E. Boggio Lera, Catania, Italia
    alevillara@gmail.com

    Graphene
    Carbon has got many different allotropic forms:
    diamond, graphite, lonsdaleite, buckminster fuller-
    ene, ecc..
    And now a new form carbon has been discovered:
    the graphene.
    Graphene is a new innovative material discovered
    by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov who re-
    ceived the Nobel Prize for physics last year.
    It is different from graphite; a sheet of graphene
    is considered bi-dimensional, because it is about an
    atom of carbon thick. They are Konstantin Novoselov (left) and Andre
    Graphene was discovered in 2004 and from that Geim (right). Nobel Prizes for Physic in 2010.
    moment on a lot of scientist have started to study it. Geim was awarded another Nobel Prize for Phys-
    They discovered a lot of interesting properties that ics in 2000 with Michael Berry.
    can revolutionize modern science. Graphene is a
    good electrical and heat conductor; it is one of the
    strongest material in the world, even stronger than
    steel; it’s transparent and flexible, so it can be used
    for the new generation of touch screens.
    Electronics, electrical and photovoltaic engineers
    are testing graphene to highlight every possible ap-
    plication. In Italy the University of Pisa, in the col-
    laboration with the National Institute of Physics, is
    studying how to produce artificial graphene in the
    laboratory because an industrial production of natural
    graphene has so far been impossible.
    On the new generation of computers we should
    find graphene microchips instead of silicon ones, or
    Graphene is a semi-transparent and flexible
    a new model of photovoltaic cells made up by gra-
    material. It’s a good electrical conductor that will
    phene sheets, or a new prototype of electrode made
    be extremely useful for the next generation of
    up by graphene; the future of this new amazing mate-
    touch screen components.
    rial is all in the hands of the scientists.

    Bibliography
    www.rinnovabili.it/grafene-benvenuti-nella-realta-2d801419
    www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11476301
    news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/06/graphene-finally-goes-big.html

    Iconography
    www.pisqa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Andre-Geim-and-Konstantin-Novoselov.jpg
    www.alternativasostenibile.it/archivio/2010/10/13/images/grafene%5B12%5D.jpg

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