Graphene is a single one-atom thick layer of carbon atoms, densely packed into a benzene-ring structure. Stacks of graphene sheets form graphite, one of the allotropes of carbon. The structure easily cleaves between planes, leading to the utility of graphite writing pencils. Graphene is essentially a nanotube unrolled, a single layer of atoms arranged like a honeycomb. Graphene looks like molecular chicken wire and is the thinnest of all possible materials.
Credit
Scott Camazine
Dimensions
4900 x 3675 pixels
Print Size @ 300 dpi
16 x 12 inches / 41 x 31 cm
