Nobel Prize for Physics awarded to UK Physicists working on Graphene

Wednesday 6 October 2010

This year’s Nobel Prize was won by two UK-based physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov for their discovery of graphene, a ‘wonder material’ made up of sheets of carbon one atom thick that is stronger than steel, transparent and with amazing electrical and thermal properties. A number of academics in Surrey’s Physics Department are carrying out research with graphene, looking into a range of applications from the electronics industry to medicine. Professor Jim Al-Khalili was asked to comment on the announcement of the prize and importance of the work on Radio 4’s 6 o’clock news yesterday.

Graphene Nanobubble, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory