Today a lot more people know of the material, but it is still known as the subject of strange theoretical research at ivory tower universities. I 100% support

Today a lot more people know of the material, but it is still known as the subject of strange theoretical research at ivory tower universities. I 100% support the idea of funding science and graphene is very exciting, but you still can't buy any of these wonder products it is going to be responsible for and you won't be able to for many years yet because nobody knows how to manufacture it at useful scale. IMO this is probably one of the areas in which most commercial entities limiting or eliminating their long-term R&D in the name of short-term gains is probably hurting us. If there were more effective cross-over between industrial manufacturers (which have mostly moved the manufacturing offshore anyway) and theoretical research, there would be a better pollination of ideas that might help solve these problems quicker.