Is graphene the Holy Grail?

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28th February 2007 - 07:29 PM

http://www.physorg.com/news90771723.html

I"m very impressed by the recent articles on graphene: "a single atomic sheet of atoms about as strong as diamond", "superconducting", "transistor", "more stable than silicon" at smaller dimensions, etc. Such is normally the "buz" of science fiction, but here seems to be fact. This may be the first breakthrough technology of the 21st Century.... just in time? Question: being carbon based, is there potential for biological processes producing, processing or replicating graphene and graphene based devices? (I"ve not yet read of the techniques used to produce graphene. References?) To wed nano and bio engineering around graphene, we need a "programming" language. DNA anyone?

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