What is the bond length for a Carbon-Carbon bond in Graphene?
Potential applications New Materials As of 2009, graphene appears to be one of the strongest materials ever tested. Measurements have shown that graphene has a breaking strength 200 times greater than steel.[1] Graphene transistors In 2008 Dr Kostya Novoselov and Professor Andre Geim from The School of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Manchester reported in the journal Science that graphene can be carved into tiny electronic circuits with individual transistors having a size not much larger than that of a molecule. [2] Single molecule gas detection –Graphene makes an excellent sensor due to its 2D structure. The fact that its entire volume is exposed to its surrounding makes it very efficient to detect adsorbed molecules. Researchers at the University of Manchester –Centre for Mesoscience and Nanotechnology– have used the world’s thinnest material to create sensors that can detect just a single molecule of a toxic gas. [3] The operational principle of such sensors is based
