Twenty years ago this October, two physicists at the University of Manchester published a groundbreaking paper on graphene, a brand new form of carbon just one atom thick. Just six years after their initial work, they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Since then, graphene has been integrated into numerous practical applications, including high-performance sports equipment, durable racing tires, motorcycle helmets that better distribute impact forces, thermally conductive coatings, lubricants, batteries, supercapacitors, sensors, wireless tracking tags, heating elements, wastewater treatment, and water desalination.