Graphene: The Superstrong, Superthin, and Superversatile Material That Will Revolutionize the World

by Les Johnson and Joseph E. Meany

Book Overview

What if you discovered an infinitesimally thin material capable of conducting electricity, able to suspend millions of times its own weight, and yet porous enough to filter the murkiest water? And what if this incredible substance is created from the same element that fills the common pencil? That's graphene--a flat, two-dimensional, carbon-based molecule with a single sheet measuring only one atom thick.In this layperson's introduction to this revolutionary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1633883256
• ISBN13: 9781633883253
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"