Graphene

• Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have created the world’s first functional semiconductor made from graphene, that is compatible with conventional microelectronics processing methods.

ABOUT GRAPHENE

• Graphene is an allotrope of Carbon.
• Graphene was discovered in 2004 by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics for this in 2010.
• It is a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb-like pattern.
• It is the thinnest, most electrically and thermally conductive material in the world.
• It is almost perfectly transparent, as it absorbs only 2% of light.
• It is stronger than steel and diamond.
• Uses
  • It can be used to enhance the strength of other materials.
  • It is a great material for making heat-spreading solutions, such as heat sinks or heat dissipation films.
  • Since it is also world’s thinnest material, it also has an extremely high surface-area-to-volume ratio, which makes graphene a viable material for use in batteries and supercapacitors.