GRAPHENE

Graphene

Graphene is a crystalline form of carbon, alongside diamond, graphite, carbon nanotubes and fullerenes. In this material, carbon atoms are arranged in a regular hexagonal pattern. Graphene can be described as a one-atom thick layer of graphite. High-quality graphene is very strong, light, nearly transparent and an excellent conductor of heat and electricity. Its interactions with other materials and with light and its inherently two-dimensional nature produce unique properties.

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graphene

Noun

  1. Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having the structure of part of a layer of graphite.
  2. An arbitrarily large-scale, one-atom-thick layer of graphite, an allotrope of carbon, that has remarkable electric characteristics.


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