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title: 2008 description: CVD and chemical routes compete with tape. First serious talks of wafers. date: 2008-01-01 tags:

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Evidence: Well-supported that growth-on-metal work is underway. Area and uniformity claims need the original figures, not the abstract.

Documented science / process

• Chemical vapor deposition on nickel and early metal catalysts produces few-layer films that can be transferred. Quality is not yet the later copper-monolayer story (2009).
• Electrochemistry, epitaxial graphene on SiC, and liquid-phase work all run in parallel. There is no single “the graphene process.”

Industry

Patent activity on platelets, inks, and composites is visible. Distinguishing a platelet company from a CVD-film company is already necessary and often skipped in coverage.

Open

Transfer cracks, wrinkles, and residual metal. Those defects still define 2026 film products.