TECHNOLOGY Wonder carbon material on cusp of commercialisation*

No doubt you have heard of graphite. The material in pencils. And you may also have heard that graphite and diamonds are made of the same thing – they are both pure carbon.

The only difference between graphite and diamond is how the carbon atoms are arranged. One arrangement makes the material extremely brittle (traces are left on paper) and the other makes the material extremely hard (can cut through glass).

Well, there is another material made of pure carbon that is causing a great dea…

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