English National Curriculum - Science Science
Mission Objectives
Describe the structure of graphene and fullerenes
Describe the properties of graphene and fullerenes and then link these to their structures
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Words and meanings to learn
graphite
A type of carbon which has atoms that are ordered in layers.
Andre Geim
A physicist who discovered the method to isolate lone atomic layers of graphite to create graphene.
Konstantin Novoselov
A physicist who worked alongside Andre Geim on the discovery of graphene.
graphene
Honeycomb shaped lattice containing carbon atoms in a single layer.
fullerenes
Molecules which have hollow shapes that are made up of carbon atoms.
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