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Carbon sheet solutions

Nature volume 442, pages 254–255 (2006)Cite this article

When carbon fibres just won't do, but nanotubes are too expensive, where can cost-conscious materials scientists go to find a practical conductive composite? The answer could lie with graphene sheets.

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