MIT physicists turn pencil lead into gold | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT physicists have metaphorically turned graphite, or pencil lead, into gold by isolating five ultrathin flakes stacked in a specific order. The resulting material can then be tuned to exhibit three important properties never before seen in natural graphite.

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