Dr. LU Yang and his team have demonstrated ultimate stretchability and ‘realistic’ strength of free-standing monolayer graphene. The study will promote the engineering applications of graphene in various areas such as ultrastrong composites and flexible electronics. This paper was highlighted in “Editors' Choice” in the 21 February 2020 issue of Science.

Selected press coverage:
(11 Mar 2020) Graphene's ultimate stretchability and 'realistic' strength were discovered[Nanowerk]
(11 Mar 2020) GRAPHENE’S ULTIMATE STRETCHABILITY AND ‘REALISTIC’ STRENGTH DISCOVERED[The Graphene Council]
(9 Mar 2020) 城大首展石墨烯「真實」強度[Hong Kong Commercial Daily]
(9 Mar 2020) 城大測出石墨烯「真實」強度[Wen Wei Po]
(8 Mar 2020) 城大新方法測出石墨稀抗拉強度極限　全球首次發現[On.cc]
(21 Feb 2020) Editors' Choice[Science]
(7 Feb 2020) 中国研究人员在单层石墨烯力学性质研究中取得进展 [新华网]
(7 Feb 2020) 香港城大聯合清華研究單層石墨烯力學性質取得關鍵進展 [文匯報]
(15 Jan 2020) Elastic straining of free-standing monolayer graphene[Nature Communications]