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Discovery and uses of graphene

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This video shows how different substances have different bulk properties and Dr Mark Miodownik talks to Professor Andre Geim at the University of Manchester about his work on graphene. Carbon atoms can form four covalent bonds. This is why they can form many different organic substances, such as diamond, graphite and fullerenes.

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