It's the strongest material in the world and also the thinnest. But the hype around graphene has also prompted a warning from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority after a series of investor scams by con artists looking to cash in. 

The material 200 times stronger than steel - yet so light, even a block of its powder can balance on a flower.

Graphene is the first wonder material of the 21st century - and it's expected to transform almost every aspect of life.

It is bendable, stretchable, transparent, super light, the best conductor of heat the the best conductor of electricity. 

From condoms to cancer therapy, bendable touchscreens to batteries that'll charge planes in seconds - graphene's potential is practically limitless.

A carbon lattice just a single atom thick - graphene is the first ever man-made material in 2 dimensions.

It comes from graphite - itself made up of layer upon layer of graphene.

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