Graphene was discovered by Andre Geim. This new material has the following properties:
- Monolayer of a single carbon atoms forming a 2D structure (think chick wire in shape) but this is the thinnest material imaginable.
- Strongest material ever measured
- Stiffest material
- Stretchiest crystal material
- Highest thermal conductivity
- Highest intrinsic mobility
- Ballistic electrical conductivity
- Longest mean free path at room temperature
- Most impermeable (ever to hydrogen)