Graphene:Technology that can reshape the future
What is Graphene actually? Structure of Graphene In simplest words, the answer to this question would be "The single thinnest layer of graphite", graphite the flaky and soft material used in pencil leads. Graphite is an allotrope of carbon has its atoms arranged in a very different manner; thereby gaining its different properties. The other form of carbon is diamond which is very rigid quite contrasting to graphite which is a soft material. Graphene has its atoms arranged in a hexagonal arrangement and when isolated from graphite showcases some miraculous properties. It has been found to be just being equivalent to one atom in thickness and therefore it is so thin that it is being called the first "2-D" or "two -dimensional" ever found. It may look very weak due to its almost negligible thickness, but in reality, this is not the case, the researchers have discovered that it has a tensile strength of almost 130.5 Gpa, which means that it is a...