Inter take their time in finding Benitez replacement

Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti insists he will not appoint a new coach until after Christmas.

Rafael Benitez this week departed the club after an ignominious six-month spell at the San Siro. Speculation has grown this week that former AC Milan coach Leonardo - who was also a favourite as a player for Inter's city rivals - is the likeliest replacement.

However, Moratti urged patience yesterday, saying: "Something will happen after Christmas, from the 27th of December onwards".

The Inter supremo also rejected suggestions Leonardo would represent a snub to his club's rivals Milan.

Asked if it would be Leonardo, Moratti told reporters: "We'll see, I will tell you when we decide.

"All the people we have in mind are experienced, brave and intelligent. However, when the time comes we'll tell."

"I never make this kind of reasoning, I do not live out of spite," he said. "And I would be disappointed if it were interpreted in this way."

Leonardo has refused to be drawn on speculation he is set to replace Benitez.

"I know less than you," he told Sky Sport 24. "The only thing that I can say now is merry Christmas to you."

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What is graphene?

Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms arranged like honeycomb.

It was discovered in 2004, when Russian-born Manchester scientists Andrei Geim and Kostya Novoselov were "playing about" with sticky tape and graphite - the material used as "lead" in pencils.

Placing the tape on the graphite and peeling it, they managed to rip off thin flakes of carbon. In the beginning they got flakes consisting of many layers of graphene. But as they repeated the process many times, the flakes got thinner.

By separating the graphite fragments repeatedly, they managed to create flakes that were just one atom thick. Their experiment had led to graphene being isolated for the very first time.

At the time, many believed it was impossible for such thin crystalline materials to be stable. But examined under a microscope, the material remained stable, and when tested was found to have incredible properties.

It is many times times stronger than steel, yet incredibly lightweight and flexible. It is electrically and thermally conductive but also transparent. The world's first 2D material, it is one million times thinner than the diameter of a single human hair.

But the 'sticky tape' method would not work on an industrial scale. Since then, scientists have been working on manufacturing graphene, to make use of its incredible properties.

In 2010, Geim and Novoselov were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics. Their discovery meant physicists could study a new class of two-dimensional materials with unique properties.