Asian Business Online
looks at a new development the word of cell phones.
Samsung is developing a flexible smartphone that you can roll up like a piece of paper. This is
possible thanks to a wonder material called "graphene."
Graphene is a very light but very strong material made from graphite-and graphite is something
We all know-it's the gray stuff in our pencils!
Graphene was discovered in 2004. it's such an amazing material that the two scientists who
discovered it got the Nobel prize for Physics in 2010.
Smartphone users touch their screens hundndreds of times a day, so the screens have 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. it's also much,much cheaper.
Samsung is not the only company that is working on projects with this attractive new material.
Both Nokia and IBM are looking at different uses for graphene. So let the future begin!