2005–2009 — Dirac physics and a research gold rush

Evidence: Well-supported

Science

• 2005: Transport and spectroscopy lock in graphene carriers as massless Dirac fermions — Wallace’s picture on a real flake ([[timeline/1947]], [[timeline/2004]]).
• Quantum Hall work, Raman fingerprints (D/G/2D), and early CVD on metals become community habits.
• Citation explosion. Labs stand up graphene groups as a default, not a novelty.

Industry seeds

Early companies and patents around nanoplatelets, transparent conductors, composites. Specialist press (e.g. Graphene-Info from 2009) starts the weekly-vendor drumbeat that still shapes 2026 coverage. Log first appearances on [[logs/companies]] when a named firm or product line is documented.

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