English National Curriculum Science

7. Explore giant covalent structures: Graphene and Fullerenes

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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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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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