Graphene : fundamentals and emergent applications / Jamie H. Warner, Franziska Schaeffel, Alicja Bachmatiuk, Mark H. Rümmeli.

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Providing fundamental knowledge necessary to understand graphene's atomic structure, band-structure, unique properties and an overview of groundbreaking current and emergent applications, this new handbook is essential reading for materials scientists, chemists and physicists. Since the 2010 physics Nobel Prize awarded to Geim and Novosolev for their groundbreaking work isolating graphene from bulk graphite, there has been a huge surge in interest in the area. This has led to a large number of news books on graphene. However, for such a vast inflow of new entrants, the current literature is surprisingly slight, focusing exclusively on current research or books on previous "hot topic" allotropes of carbon. This book covers fundamental groundwork of the structure, property, characterization methods and applications of graphene, along with providing the necessary knowledge of graphene's atomic structure, how it relates to its band-structure and how this in turn leads to the amazing properties of graphene. And so it provides new graduate students and post-docs with a resource that equips them with the knowledge to undertake their research. Discusses graphene's fundamental structure and properties, acting as a time-saving handbook for validated researchDemonstrates 100+ high-quality graphical representations, providing the reader with clear images to convey complex situationsReviews characterization techniques relevant to grapheme, equipping the reader with experimental knowledge relevant for practical use rather than just theoretical understanding

Front Cover -- Graphene: Fundamentals and Emergent Applications -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- 1.1. ABOUT THE BOOK -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 -- The Atomic Structure of Graphene and Its Few-layer Counterparts -- 2.1. GRAPHENE -- 2.2. BILAYER, TRILAYER AND FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE -- 2.3. RELATIONSHIP OF GRAPHENE TO CARBON NANOTUBES -- 2.4. OTHER LAYERED 2D CRYSTALS -- 2.5. NANOSTRUCTURED GRAPHENE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 -- Properties of Graphene -- 3.1 -- Electronic Properties -- 3.1.1. INTRODUCTION -- 3.1.2. THE BAND STRUCTURE OF GRAPHENE.

3.1.3. TRANSPORT EXPERIMENTS IN GRAPHENE -- REFERENCES -- 3.2 -- Chemical Properties of Graphene -- 3.2.1. INTRODUCTION -- 3.2.2. COVALENT FUNCTIONALISATION OF GRAPHENE -- 3.2.3. NONCOVALENT FUNCTIONALISATION OF GRAPHENE -- 3.2.4. SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 3.3 -- Electron Spin Properties of Graphene -- 3.3.1. INTRODUCTION -- 3.3.2. SPIN AND MAGNETISM IN GRAPHITE -- 3.3.3. MAGNETISM AND SPIN IN GRAPHENE -- 3.3.4. SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 3.4 -- The Mechanical Properties of Graphene -- 3.4.1. ELASTIC PROPERTIES AND INTRINSIC STRENGTH -- 3.4.2. ADHESION, TEARING AND CRACKING OF GRAPHENE.

3.4.3. THE ROLE OF DEFECTS AND STRUCTURAL MODIFICATION ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES -- 3.4.4. GRAPHENE DERIVATIVES -- 3.4.5. GRAPHENE-BASED COMPOSITES -- REFERENCES -- 3.5 -- The Thermal Properties of Graphene -- 3.5.1. THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 -- Methods for Obtaining Graphene -- 4.1 -- Mechanical Exfoliation -- 4.1.1. INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL EXFOLIATION -- 4.1.2. MICROMECHANICAL EXFOLIATION -- 4.1.3. MECHANICAL CLEAVAGE OF GRAPHITE -- 4.1.4. MECHANICAL MILLING OF GRAPHITE -- 4.1.5. SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 4.2 -- Chemical Exfoliation.

4.2.1. INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL EXFOLIATION -- 4.2.2. REVIEW OF CHEMICAL EXFOLIATION -- 4.2.3. DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRAPHITE -- 4.2.4. DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOLVENTS -- 4.2.5. DIFFERENT TYPES OF SONICATION -- 4.2.6. HOW TO CHARACTERISE CHEMICALLY EXFOLIATED GRAPHENE -- 4.2.7. OTHER 2D CRYSTALS -- 4.2.8. SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 4.3 -- Reduced Graphene Oxide -- 4.3.1. GRAPHENE OXIDE -- 4.3.2. CHEMICAL REDUCTION OF GRAPHENE OXIDE -- 4.3.3. HEAT TREATMENT OF GRAPHENE OXIDE -- 4.3.4. ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF GRAPHENE OXIDE -- 4.3.5. SUMMARY -- REFERENCES.

4.4 -- Bottom-up Synthesis of Graphene From Molecular Precursors -- 4.4.1. INTRODUCTION -- 4.4.2. SOLUTION-BASED APPROACHES -- 4.4.3. SOLUBILISATION STRATEGIES -- 4.4.4. SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS AND SONICATION -- 4.4.5. CHEMO-THERMAL BASED APPROACHES -- 4.4.6. SELF-ASSEMBLY OF GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEETS -- REFERENCES -- 4.5 -- Chemical Vapour Deposition Using Catalytic Metals -- 4.5.1. INTRODUCTION -- 4.5.2. CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION (CVD) BASICS -- 4.5.3. SUBSTRATE SELECTION -- 4.5.4. SUBSTRATE PRE-TREATMENT -- 4.5.5. GRAPHENE OVER NI AND CU -- 4.5.6. EARLY GROWTH.

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