Nobel laureate dwells on ‘intelligent materials’
The Hindu
Physicist explains graphene’s unique properties
Development of adaptive and intelligent materials can help address many of the problems faced by modern societies, Konstantin Sergeevich Novoselov, Nobel laureate in Physics, has said.
Dr. Novoselov, who won the 2010 Physics Nobel jointly with Andre Geim 'for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene,' spoke online at the 34th Kerala Science Congress on the theme 'Science, technology and innovation for transition to a knowledge economy.'
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