Graphene's dazzling properties promise a technological revolution, but Europe may have to spend a billion euros to overcome some fundamental problems.
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Peplow, M. Graphene: The quest for supercarbon. Nature 503, 327–329 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/503327a
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