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Graphene prêt-à-porter

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Elsa Prada, Physics 4, 51 (2011) – Published June 27, 2011
Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, can be multiply folded in a controlled way into various types of single or periodic structures with intriguing properties.
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A defect controls transport in graphene

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Patrik Recher and Björn Trauzettel, Physics 4, 25 (2011) – Published March 28, 2011
A line defect that seems to naturally form in graphene grown on a nickel substrate may provide additional control of transport characteristics.
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Textbook physics from a cutting-edge material

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Michael S. Fuhrer, Physics 3, 106 (2010) – Published December 13, 2010
Tuning the area of the Fermi surface of graphene demonstrates the fundamental physics of electron-phonon scattering.
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Atomic wires of carbon

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Jan van Ruitenbeek, Physics 2, 42 (2009) – Published May 18, 2009
With a high-energy electron beam, it is possible to carve out atomically thin strands of carbon. Whether these carbon structures are conducting remains an open question.