Graphite vs graphene: scientific background

TL;DR

This paper discusses how fundamental physical properties of graphene were initially discovered in bulk graphite before graphene's extraction, emphasizing the importance of existing graphite research in understanding graphene.

Contribution

It highlights the significance of prior graphite studies in understanding graphene's properties and advocates for including these findings in the scientific background.

Findings

Physical properties of graphene observed in bulk graphite

Historical context of graphene discovery

Implications for scientific background in Nobel recognition

Abstract

Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 was given for "groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene." In fact, before graphene has been extracted from graphite and measured, some of its fundamental physical properties have already been experimentally uncovered in bulk graphite. In this Letter to the Nobel Committee we propose to include those findings in the Scientific Background