The 2010 Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to Professors Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov, both from the University of Manchester, UK. Andre and Kostya were awarded the prize for ‘ for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene’, including the discovery that stable graphene can be prepared using sticky tape and graphite!
Since their discovery in 2004, research into graphene has grown considerably, and graphene based materials have been shown to have many potential applications, such as for single molecule gas detection, as transistors, for integrated circuits, as conducting electrodes, bio-devices and antibacterial coatings.
From the Journal of Materials Chemistry Editorial Office and Editorial Board, warm congratulations, Andre and Kostya!
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