Graphene's status as the thinnest substance known to science, as identified following its initial production by 2003 Nobel winners Geim and Novoselov, carries exciting implications for the development of effective new materials, with the graphene revolution speculated on here.

Brian Clegg's most recent books are The Reality Frame (Icon, 2017) and What Colour is the Sun? (Icon, 2016). His Dice World and A Brief History of Infinity were both longlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books. He has also authored Big Data and Gravitational Waves for the Hot Science series, and has written for Nature, BBC Focus, Physics World, The Times and The Observer.