Graphene is the world's thinnest material.
The one-atom-thick carbon layers have shown remarkable strength and stiffness.
The so-called "graphene-based sheets" can be mixed into polymers, glasses and ceramics, to produce novel composite materials with useful thermal, electrical and mechanical properties.
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Northwestern team: graphene-based materials
Led by Rod Ruoff (http://imechanica.org/user/751), a team in the Northwestern University researchers developed a process that promises to lead to the creation of a new class of composite materials -- “graphene-based materials.”
Manchester team: thinnest fabric - graphene
The team led by Professor Andre Geim at The University of Manchester, extracted individual planes of carbon atoms from graphite crystals, which resulted in the production of the thinnest possible fabric - graphene.
The resulting atomic sheet is stable, highly flexible and strong and remarkably conductive.