Andre Geim
Physicist
1958-10-21
Russian-born physicist based in the United Kingdom, known for experimental work on graphene. He shared the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics with Konstantin Novoselov for groundbreaking experiments on two-dimensional materials.
Quotes by Andre Geim
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The consequences of a lack of new knowledge is decades of stagnation: the next generation will be poorer than this one.
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I would say there are three important things about graphene. It's two-dimensional, which is the best possible number for studying fundamental physics. The second thing is the quality of graphene, which stems from its extremely strong carbon-carbon bonds. And finally, the system is also metallic.
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