It is my understanding that making, or growing, graphene is really not all that difficult. The reason that graphene is not yet in many applications is simply because it has not matured as a product and therefore the costs are still high relative to other acceptable alternatives.
Within the next 5 to 10 years my bet is that you will see a much wider use of graphene in products as the costs decrease due to usage and economies of scale are developed. Until then, it’s an amazing discovery slowly working its way into everyday life. It will become ubiquitous.
As a immigrant of Indian ethnicity (but not from India), I HATE the term Indian-American (and any other hyphenated American label). I am an American, who happens to have some Indian genetic\cultural origins.
the long hard path of turning scientific discoveries (laboratory tricks) toward practical uses (consumer goods)
Incremental advancements ...