Abstract

Graphene enters the fashion fray Several years ago, graphene was all the rage among geeks. But now fashionistas are getting in on the action with the debut of the Little Black Graphene Dress. The dress is designed by haute couture champion Cute Circuit, whose clients include singers Katy Perry and Nicole Scherzinger. Graphene is merely an atom thick, but it is nevertheless prized for being a strong, lightweight, electrically conductive material. University of Manchester professors Kostya Novoselov and Andre Geim discovered graphene and received the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in 2010. Scientists are developing the promising material for use in semiconductors, wearable sensors, batteries, and composite materials. Experts at the University of Manchester say that someday people will be able to buy graphene-enabled smartphones that they can wear on their wrists or graphene-enhanced electronic tablets that they can roll up like a newspaper. But the world of

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