Asian Business Online
Iooks at a new development the worid of cell phoes.
Samsung is developing a flexiblesmartphone that you can roll up like a piece of paper. This is
Possibie thanks to a wonder material called"graphene."
Graphene is a very light but vety strong material made from graphite-andgraphite is something
We all know-it's the gray stuff in our pencils!
Graphene was discovered in 2004.lt's such an amazing material that the two scientistswho
discoveredit got the Nobel prizeforphysics in 2010.
Smartphone users touch their screens hundndreds of times a day, so the screens have teve to be very
Strong.And smartphones must also be light,so you don't notice them in your pocket. Graphehe
Is much stronger and lighter than the material we are using at the moment to make smartphone
Screens.lt's also much,much cheaper.
Samsung is not the only company that is working on projects with this attractive new material.
Both Nokia and lBM are looking at different uses for graphene.So let the fhe future begin!