Module 1 : Introduction to materials

Lecture 5 : Graphene: Fundamentals and Applications

 

Introduction to graphene

Graphene is a one-atom-thick planar sheet of sp 2 - bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice

The name ‘graphene' comes from graphite + - ene = graphene


Molecular structure of graphene


High resolution transmission electron microscope images
(TEM) of graphene