Materials Science and Engineering

Graphene and 2D Materials

Graphene is a crystalline allotrope of carbon as an almost straightforward (to unmistakable light) one molecule thick sheet. It is several times more grounded than most steels by weight.[7] it has the most noteworthy known warm and electrical conductivity, showing current densities 1,000,000 times that of copper .

2d materials, in some cases alluded to as single layer materials, are crystalline materials comprising of a solitary layer of particles. Since the detachment of grapheme, a solitary layer of graphite, 2d materials can by and large be ordered as either 2d allotropes of different components or mixes (comprising of at least two covalently holding elements).[1] the natural 2d materials by and large convey the - eye postfix in their names while the mixes have - anew or - die additions. Layered blends of various 2d materials are by and large called van der Waals heterostructures