graphene

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡɹæf.iːn/

Noun

graphene (plural graphenes)

1. (organic chemistry) Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having the structure of part of a layer of graphite.
2. (inorganic chemistry) An arbitrarily large-scale, one-atom-thick layer of graphite, an allotrope of carbon, that has remarkable electric characteristics.

Related terms

• graphite

Translations

• French: graphène
• German: Graphen
• Italian: grafene
• Portuguese: grafeno
• Russian: графе́н
• Spanish: grafeno

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