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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When the team calculated the energies of these spin waves, they discovered that their mathematical behavior closely matched that of electrons moving through graphene.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

Kaman, a materials science and engineering graduate student working in the research group of professor Axel Hoffmann, realized that both graphene electrons and microscopic magnetic excitations in so called magnonic materials behave like waves.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

The good news for the Johns Hopkins team: The metal-organic frameworks they’ve pioneered are potentially so precise that future microchips made of graphene or other exotic materials might be patterned using them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2026

A single layer of silver iodide was placed between two sheets of graphene, forming a protective "sandwich."

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

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