The recently discovered Graphene is a substance composed of pure carbon, with atoms arranged in a regular hexagonal pattern similar to graphite, but in a one-atom thick sheet. Besides being the hardest substance in the world 300 times stronger than steel, graphene has all sorts of other noteworthy qualities. It is also the thinnest object ever obtained by man, measuring just one atom thick and the lightest.
The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2010 was awarded to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at the University of Manchester "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene"
The European Commission has chosen Graphene as one of Europe’s first 10-year, 1,000 million euro investments. The mission of Graphene is to take graphene and related layered materials from academic laboratories to society, revolutionize multiple industries.
Graphene will be a groundbreaking component in our future batteries; it could charge your iPhone in 5-Seconds or work as a pocket-sized water cleaning-filtering systems, to mention a few.