Stronger,harder,lighter Graphene
Image Source A form of carbon consisting of planar sheets which are one atom thick, with the atoms arranged in a honeycomb shaped lattice Wikipedia has a simple definition for graphene , "it is an allotrope of carbon, in the form 2-D atomic scale,hexagonal lattice" Actually, carbon is capable of forming allotropes due to it's valency. Most famous allotropes includes diamond and graphite . Many researches help to discover more forms of carbon in different shapes including ball shapes such as Buckminsterfullerene and sheets such as graphene . Nano tubes, nano ribbons, nano buds comes under large scale structures of carbon. Among these graphene is special. It has got many features like: •it is the thinnest compound known to man at one atom thick •the lightest material •the strongest compound that is discovered (300 times stronger than steel) •best heat and electricity conductor •harder than diamond •the superconducting prope