title: Perspectives on the 2010 Nobel Prize in physics for graphene.
abstract: The 2010 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov for their groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene. Some personal perspectives about this award are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, United States. millie@mgm.mit.edu
authors.forename: Mildred S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Dresselhaus
authors.forename: Paulo T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Araujo
mesh_terms: D017097:Electric Impedance; D004566:Electrodes; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D009613:Nobel Prize; D010825:Physics / Q000266:history*; D012106:Research / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D006108:Graphite