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World's First Single-Atom-Thick Fabric

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the barely-there dept.

neutron_p writes "Researchers at The University of Manchester have made the world's first single-atom-thick fabric, which reveals the existence of a new class of materials and may lead to computers made from a single molecule. They call it graphene, because it's 'webbed' by extraction of individual planes of carbon atoms from graphite crystal. The nanofabric belongs to the family of fullerene molecules, which were discovered during the last two decades, but is the first two-dimensional fullerene."

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  1. Oh yeah I can see it now. by ravenspear · · Score: 0, Troll

    OSAMA: Dr. Swazikarlawahari, we have to stop research on the nukes, I just heard about this rad new weapon on /. It's a material only one atom thick. Imagine the destruction we could wreak.

    DR. SWAZIKARLAWAHARI: What? Are you crazy? The destructive potential of such a material compared to...

    OSAMA: Shut up or I will behead you. Allah spake unto me last night and he say this what we need to do. Besides I never get what I want. Waaah!

    DR. SWAZIKARLAWAHARI: Have your gypsies been turning you down to much recently?

  2. Re:Would someone be allergic to it? by Pxtl · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes, because right-wingers never banned a potentially lifesaving technology over their silly concerns.