Did Edison Make a ‘Wonder Material’ 125 Years Before Its Official Creation? : ScienceAlert
Edison’s Accidental Graphene: A Hint of Future Material Innovation? Thomas Edison, the prolific inventor, may have stumbled upon one of the 21st century’s most revolutionary materials – graphene – over 140 years ago. Recent research from Rice University suggests that Edison’s early light bulb experiments inadvertently produced graphene, a single-atom-thick sheet of carbon with extraordinary … Read more