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[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

Crazy that it's transparent. I wonder how thick that wafer is.

Also awesome:

we're using properties of electrons that are not accessible to silicon

[-] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 months ago

If it's a single sheet of graphene.... about 1.5 angstrom thick.

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

How does he not cut himself while holding it?

[-] ExLisper@linux.community 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They don't make big pieces or graphene like that. It's made as a layer of graphene on some other material. Pure graphene flakes are tiny AFAIK.

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