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Graphene conducts electricity ten times better than expected

Carbon layers grown on silicon carbide conduct electricity even better than theory predicted.

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Gibney, E. Graphene conducts electricity ten times better than expected. Nature (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2014.14676

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