Graphene is an atomic-scale honeycomb lattice made of carbon atoms. It is the world's first 2D material and is one million times smaller than the diameter of a single human hair. However, it is many times stronger than steel, yet incredibly lightweight and flexible. It is electrically and thermally conductive but also transparent. As a single layer graphite, graphene has raised great interest due to its potential applications in different fields of material science for developing nanocomposites, sensors, supercapacitors, hydrogen storage, photonics and optoelectronic devices.
It is a very good conductor.
There are a few issues associated with graphene that are preventing its commercialisation. The main issue at present is still the production methods for it. At present, there is no good general synthesis method that produces graphene quickly, precisely and in large enough quantities. Until this is overcome, we will not be seeing graphene on the mass-market. Issues surrounding biocompatibility and cytotoxicity are still to be fully addressed with different studies contradicting each other. There are also issues with the electrical properties of graphene that need to be fully sorted out. Graphene does have excellent mechanical and electrical properties but it is not necessarily the 'miracle material' that the media portray it as and I wouldn't be surprised if we are still "just talking" about it in 10 years time. However, if the aforementioned issues can be overcome then I definitely think it will be revolutionising electronics, civil engineering and medicine in the coming decades.
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Carbon Nano Tubes, Graphene.
Lead is the most stretchable of any element.
Graphene is a sheet of Carbon atoms, or one layer of Graphite ("lead" in a pencil). A graphene filter is a filter made of graphene.
Graphene is pretty amazing. An adequate description of the properties is rather long. There is a link below to the properties section of an article on graphene.
Graphene is formed by peeling extremely thin layers of graphite off of a larger piece, in the original paper published on graphene it was done using tape.
Graphene is a very thin layer of graphite. It is so thin, it is so close to being invisible!
The molecular structure of graphene differ from the other allotropes of carbon diamond and graphite in that graphene consist of a single layer of atoms.
graphene according to how much it can hold (calculator) and how dense it is.
It would take an elephant, balanced on a pencil, to break through a sheet of graphene the thickness of Saran Wrap."
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No, not yet.
Graphene aerogel - 0,16 mg/cm3 (7,5 less than air) Carbyne - 3430 mg/cm3
pure carbon
It is a very good conductor.