graphene

British

/ ˈɡræfiːn /

noun

a nanomaterial consisting of one-atom-thick sheets of carbon atoms, with the atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice structure

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Etymology

Origin of graphene

C20: from _graph ( _ite ) + _-ene

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Dean's team took a different approach by working with graphene, a naturally occurring material made of a single layer of carbon atoms.

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Graphene can support particles known as excitons.

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Two-dimensional materials like graphene are powerful tools for studying quantum behavior because their properties can be carefully adjusted.

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In bilayer graphene, the excitonic superfluid and likely supersolid only appear under strong magnetic fields.

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By combining advanced electron microscopy with neural networks, the team recorded a silver iodide crystal as it melted while being protected by layers of graphene.

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