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In the corner of a Manchester laboratory in 2004, two scientists stumbled on a major discovery while pulling pieces of Sellotape apart - graphene. This is the story of those scientists, Professors Andre Geim and Kostya Novosolev, their eureka moment, subsequent Nobel Prizes and investigation into the wonder material's potential uses. But it is also the tale of the building they created with architects Jestico + Whiles and others to push graphene's potential ever further. This is the story of the National Graphene Institute.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The Discoverers
2. The Discovery
3. What is Graphene?
4. The Aftermath
5. The Building
6. Making the Veil
7. The Engels' Sink
8. From Seathwaite
9. How the Building Works
10. The Future

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    Publisher: Manchester University Press
    Publication Date: 01/08/2016
    ISBN13: 9781526113931, 978-1526113931
    ISBN10: 1526113937
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    Architecture History of science Materials / States of matter

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    In the corner of a Manchester laboratory in 2004, two scientists stumbled on a major discovery while pulling pieces of Sellotape apart - graphene. This is the story of those scientists, Professors Andre Geim and Kostya Novosolev, their eureka moment, subsequent Nobel Prizes and investigation into the wonder material's potential uses. But it is also the tale of the building they created with architects Jestico + Whiles and others to push graphene's potential ever further. This is the story of the National Graphene Institute.

    Table of Contents

    Introduction
    1. The Discoverers
    2. The Discovery
    3. What is Graphene?
    4. The Aftermath
    5. The Building
    6. Making the Veil
    7. The Engels' Sink
    8. From Seathwaite
    9. How the Building Works
    10. The Future

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