Loose graphene sheets, one to a few atomic layers thick, are often observed on freshly cleaved HOPG surfaces. A straightforward technique using electrostatic attraction is demonstrated to transfer these graphene sheets to a selected substrate. Sheets from one to 22 layers thick have been transferred by this method. One sheet after initial deposition is measured by atomic force microscopy to be ...

Natural nacre, which consists of almost 95 vol% inorganic content (calcium carbonate) and 5 vol% elastic biopolymers, possesses a unique combination of remarkable strength and toughness, which is attributed to its hierarchical nano-/ microscale structure and precise inorganic–organic interface. Inspired by the intrinsic relationship between the structures and the mechanical properties lying in ...

Recently, graphene sheets have shown significant potential for environmental engineering applications such as wastewater treatment. In the present work, the posbuckling response of orthotropic single-layered graphene sheet (SLGS) is investigated in a closedform analytical manner using the nonlocal theory of Eringen. Two opposite edges of the plate are subjected to normal stresses. The nonlocali...

Annealing of C60 in hydrogen at temperatures above the stability limit of C-H bonds in C60H x (500-550 °C) is found to result in direct collapse of the cage structure, evaporation of light hydrocarbons, and formation of solid mixture composed of larger hydrocarbons and few-layered graphene sheets. Only a minor part of this mixture is soluble; this was analyzed using matrix-assisted laser desorp...

A recently discovered two-dimensional (2D) layered material phosphorene has attracted considerable interest as a promising p-type semiconducting material. In this work, thermal conductivity (κ) of monolayer phosphorene is calculated using large-scale classical non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations. The predicted thermal conductivities for infinite length armchair and zigzag phos...

Two dimensional atomic sheets, such as graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), have been widely studied as electronic materials for flexible nanoelectronics applications due to the high flexibility enabled by their natural 2D layered crystal structure. However, with the growing need for both high speed and low power consumption in realistic applications, TMDs with relatively low m...

The new carbon age Nanotubes and Graphene a transparent future ahead Graphene is two-dimensional nanomaterial consisting of a single layer of sp 2 network of carbon atoms (Fig. 1a) 1. While the thickness of a graphene sheet is on the order of a single atomic unit, its lateral dimension can approach up to tens of microns. Graphene and its derivatives such as graphene oxide (GO) (Fig. 1b), and re...

Graphene based sheets have stimulated great interest due to their superior mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties. A general visualization method that allows quick observation of these single atomic layers would be highly desirable as it can greatly facilitate sample evaluation and manipulation, and provide immediate feedback to improve synthesis and processing strategies. Here we repor...

We propose a new family of layered sp(2)-like carbon crystals, incorporating five-, six-, and seven-membered rings in 2D Bravais lattices. These periodic sheets can be rolled so as to generate nanotubes of different diameter and chirality. We demonstrate that these sheets and tubes are metastable and more favorable than C60, and it is also shown that their mechanical properties are similar to t...