Inside Graphene City, Birthplace of a Wonder Material

On a workbench illuminated by slats of low winter sun sits a small glass jar containing a dark grey powdery substance. It doesn’t look much—like ground-up pencil lead—but this is the first time I’ve actually seen a form of graphene. Back in 2010, graphene sprung into the public eye when two UK-based scientists won the Nobel Prize for their work on the two-dimensional material.

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