Greaphene has had a long history as scientists have been theorizing since the 1800's about its potential incredible properties. It was thought impossible to isolate yet many graphite chemists were working hard for the possibility of what could be. In 1947 Canadian physicist Philip Russel Wallace first theoretically invented a concept similar to what would become graphene. In 1961, Hanns Peter Boehm, together with Ralph Setton and Eberhard Stumpp, were credited with discovering and naming “graphene” when they first isolated and identified single carbon sheets by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction. 

It wasn't until 2004  that two scientists by the name of Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at the University of Manchester used an extremely novel technique to separate out a single layer of graphene. They used scotch tape to remove layer after layer off of a graphite crystal until only one layer was left thus graphene. It was a slow process. Every millimeter of graphite, is made up of roughly 3 million layers of graphene. It was an incredible accomplishment and proves that ingenuity can sometimes come in the simplest and most unexpected of ways. So amazing was their feat, that they won the noble prize in 2010 for physics. The proof that it can be isolated immediately launched into action a swath of research by the scientists who have been dreaming all these years..

The theories about graphene's properties needed validation and verification. It was now possible to test what this material was really made of and I don't mean 6 carbon atoms in a lattice structure. The scientists went to work and determined that graphene is 200 times stronger than steel, more transparent than glass, extremely lightweight and flexible, inert, easily combines with other materials, is the most electrically conductive material with electrons moving at the speed of light and also the most thermally conductive material. Its a mouthful and it is no wonder that graphene is considered a miracle material. Never before has any material had the spectacular combination of properties that graphene has.

Once the properties had been proven, companies and researchers wanted to see what they could make but first they needed Graphene. The problem was that to use scotch tape to separate out billions of single layers was too tedious and time consuming. At first chemical methods were used where graphene oxide was altered with other chemicals to produce graphene. It worked but was dangerous and left contaminants in the resulting graphene(hindering its properties). Graphene can also be grown onto a substrate but this only produces a single layer on a small surface and can take quite a long time. The exfoliation method proved to be one of the first effective methods to create what is called "flake" graphene. By the time graphene production started using sonication we had multiple methods to create pure and clean graphene in large quantities at low cost.  

Graphene is currently being put to the test. What was hype is currently proving to be reality. Many companies are working on an assortment of products spanning almost every major industry. Some of the items which are currently produced with graphene materials include long lasting running sneakers, long lasting concrete, anti-friction coatings, anti-corrosive coatings, inks, long lasting liners, headphones, dentures and clothing. While these are currently on the market, there are many other products being researched which would offer even more advantages. Batteries have huge potential and there is furious research to build a faster charging and longer lasting battery. Advances in computer chips as well as flexible electronics are also areas where scientists are hard at work. So much is possible with graphene and we haven't even scratched the surface.

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