Graphene properties change based on where it is

According to a few articles, chemical and physical properties of graphene change based on what material is near it. Since graphene is so thin, the bonds btw atoms can be easily affected by the surroundings.

This is useful in creating various patterns for sensors. The other dimension is that it behaves differently when more layers of graphene are added as well.

Read more at science daily.

Graphene paper discovery

Big news, big news! Scientists have developed a graphene paper.

Why is it big? Because the material binds water as well as repels it (What?). Now, it also has some shape memory and other features added to it.

This information is spreading quickly. Quite a few mentions on twitter, will give you a lot of results.

Does Graphene have a competitor in Silicene?

There's a new compound that may be closer to actual production use than Graphene - and it is Silicene. Single layer silicone with many of the same properties as Graphene.


Forget Graphene, Silicene Is Here to Blow Your Mind - Gizmodo
Well it looks like silicene is here to steal the spotlight. Researchers have just made the first sheet of single-atom thick silicon. Silicene has been a work in progress for years, but they think they've finally got it down now, and it represents a ... Move over graphene, silicene is the new star material New Scientist

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Will Silicene soon supersede Graphene?