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Andre Geim: in praise of graphene

Nobel laureate explains why the carbon sheets deserved to win this year's prize.

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2010 Nobel Prize in Physics

Mesoscopic physics group at the University of Manchester

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Brumfiel, G. Andre Geim: in praise of graphene. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.525

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