A single layer of graphite is called graphene.

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Graphite is a crystalline allotrope of carbon with a hexagonal layered structure, with each carbon atom bonded to three other carbon atoms.

A single layer of this hexagonal layered structure of graphite is called graphene.

Graphene is used in making solar cells, touch panels, etc. Shown below is the structure of graphene.

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1. Graphene – a single layer of carbon arranged in a honeycomb – isolated from pencil graphite.

2. The graphene discovery had won the Nobel physics prize in 2010.

Which of the above statements are correct?

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