Did Edison accidentally make graphene in 1879?

To reproduce what Thomas Edison did, with the tools and knowledge we have now, is very exciting,” said co-author James Tour, ...
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Edison’s 1879 light bulb may have accidentally produced graphene, scientists say

Researchers in the US have uncovered evidence suggesting that Thomas Edison may have accidentally ...

Edison's 1879 bulb experiments may have unintentionally produced graphene

What do Thomas Edison and 2010 Nobel Prize in physics winners Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim have in common? According ...
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Graphene may have been unintentional byproduct of Edison's 1879 light bulb experiments

Early carbon light bulbs may have produced graphene, since applying voltage to carbon filaments mirrors what is now called flash Joule heating. Graphene is a transparent, remarkably strong substance, ...

Thomas Edison May Have Created a Miracle Material Before Physics Knew It Existed

A modern materials study suggests that Thomas Edison’s early light bulb experiments may have unknowingly produced graphene decades before the material was formally theorized or isolated. Thomas Edison ...