Graphene - the 21st Centry's revolution.

An anonymous reader writes: "Our research establishes Graphene as the strongest material ever measured, some 200 times stronger than structural steel," mechanical engineering professor James Hone, of Columbia University, said in a statement.

"It would take an elephant, balanced on a pencil, to break through a sheet of Graphene the thickness of Saran Wrap [cling film]."

"[Samsung has its] own roadmap where they believe there will be a dozen products [on the commercial market] using graphene in the next five years," says Dr Geim.

But companies like IBM and Nokia have also been involved in research. IBM has created a 150 gigahertz (Ghz) transistor — the quickest comparable silicon device runs at about 40 Ghz.