[jrockway]

I have fifty cents. Where can I buy a square meter of this from?

[_rpd]

It was only just described in a Science paper, so you are probably going to have to wait 10 years before you can buy it at your local hardware store.

[waqf]

So, in what sense is it true that it costs (present tense) 50¢/m²?

[amalcon]

It's a manufacturing cost estimate, not a market price.

[yellowapple]

It seems reassuring that there's already a manufacturing cost estimate and that it's as low as 50¢/m².

[pbhjpbhj]

Patents will ensure it sells for $100 per square-meter though, or whatever ludicrous price can be burn by the market and still make it valuable to the consumer.

[lovemenot]

Material costs at hypothetical production scale.

[woodandsteel]

I could be wrong, but the film is described as so simple that it seems like it could be in commercial production a lot sooner than that.