Allow Me To Introduce Two Men.

1st

Mr Andre Geim

Born: 1 October 1958, Sochi, Russia

Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.

And 2nd

Mr Konstantin Novoselov

Born: 23 August 1974, Nizhny Tagil, Russia

Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

In 2010 these two men received The Nobel Prize in Physics for "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material Graphene"

There is nothing unusual about the fact that a couple of very clever guys have been rewarded for their efforts until you look a little bit further into what they have done, and when there is a story released from the BBC News in their Science & Environment pages on the 3 October 2011 detailing the UK Governments plans to invest £50m towards developing spin-off technologies from the super strong material ‘Graphene’ you realise that a special thing has happened and is happening.

Over the course of the next few weeks I will be listing entries surrounding the various topics of all things Graphene, including everything from its properties down to its uses in modern technology.

My first listing will be its invention and its inventors.