Nobel Prize 2011

Berbicara mengenai penghargaan Nobel memang tidak ada habis – habisnya. Ya, penghargaan yang satu ini dianggap sebagai penghargaan paling bergengsi dan paling diimpikan oleh semua orang. Penghargaan nobel terbagi menjadi 6 bidang, yaitu : Nobel Kedokteran, Fisika, Kimia, Perdamaian, Literatur, dan Ekonomi.

           Bagi seorang ilmuwan, rasanya kurang pas, apabila belum mendapatkan penghargaan ini. Karena, hampir seluruh ilmuwan besar dunia pernah memenangi penghargaan ini, seperti

Graphene, The Perfect Atomic Lattice

A thin flake of ordinary carbon, just one atom thick, lies behind this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov have shown that carbon in such a flat form has exceptional properties that originate from the remarkable world of quantum physics.

        Graphene is a form of carbon. As a material it is completely new – not only the thinnest ever but also the strongest. As a conductor of electricity it performs as well as copper. As a conductor of heat it outperforms all other known materials. It is almost completely transparent,