Environmental Atom-Thick Sheets Unlock Future Technologies by Gary Kopycinski on February 4, 2011 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Environmental: People Outside Will Be Injured: Severe Thunderstorms Strike Park Forest March 31, 2026 Park Forest Officials Urge Residents to Protect Pipes as Coldest Air of the Season Continues December 14, 2025 Park Forest Workshops Join Global Effort to Prevent Bird Collisions August 21, 2025 GREAT BRITAIN–(ENEWSPF)–4 February 2011. A new way of splitting layered materials, similar to graphite, into sheets of material just one atom thick could lead to revolutionary new electronic and energy storage technologies.