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Chris Toumey considers the reflections on nanoscience of the chemist James Gimzewski.

Nanoscience is not simple for non-specialists. Aravind Vijayaraghavan explains how graphene can help.

Emilie J. Siochi explains how most of the properties of graphene could be of use in aerospace applications.

Energy storage is a grand challenge for future energy infrastructure, transportation and consumer electronics. Jun Liu discusses how graphene may — or may not — be used to improve various electrochemical energy storage devices.

Siva Böhm discusses how graphene can be used to prevent corrosion of metals such as steel.

Felice Torrisi and Jonathan N. Coleman describe how graphene can be used in conductive inks to print electronic circuits.

Kostas Kostarelos and Kostya S. Novoselov examine the potential of graphene in biomedical applications.

Jong-Hyun Ahn and Byung Hee Hong discuss how graphene can be used in the development of flexible electronics.

Solid-state nanopores are often used for biomolecular analysis, but have so far been unable to sequence DNA. Marija Drndić asks whether nanopores made in graphene could fulfil all of the requirements needed for sequencing.

Are graphene technologies ready for commercialization?

As technical knowledge, manufacturing methods and the development of applications mature, key factors will affect the pace of commercialization of graphene.

The large-scale production of graphene aimed at industrial applications has grown significantly in the past few years, especially since many companies in China have entered the market.