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To: neverdem

This author doesn’t seem to know much about graphene. Another form of carbon, Graphite, is pencil lead.


3 posted on 05/01/2014 9:46:40 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer

This author doesn’t seem to know much about graphene. Another form of carbon, Graphite, is pencil lead.

From the article-
“A University of Arizona-led team of physicists has discovered how to change the crystal structure of graphene, more commonly known as pencil lead.....”


6 posted on 05/01/2014 11:12:21 PM PDT by matthew fuller (No, I don't miss GWB- I miss Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld.)
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To: Vince Ferrer
“It is extremely rare for a material to change its crystal structure just by applying an electric field,” LeRoy said. “Making trilayer graphene is an exceptionally unique system that could be utilized to create novel devices.”

With many intersting properties...

11 posted on 05/02/2014 7:06:40 AM PDT by GOPJ
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