ACKNOLEDGEMENT

With great pleasure I would like to express my deep sense of

gratitude to Sir ABHISHEK AGARWAL, faculty in Electronics and
Communication Department for his interest and constant
encouragement for my seminar on the topic, ‘’GRAPHENE’´.

I am also thankful to the H.O.D. (EC Department) Sir. B.R.

DUTTA for rendering help whenever i needed it.

Harsh Rastogi

EC-07
Seminar Report On GRAPHENE Page 3 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1Carbon vs.
Silicon 1.2Forms of Carbon 2. Graphene 2.1 Introduction 2.2 2-D Crystals
2.3Materials That Should Not Exist 2.4Discovery Of Graphene 3.GRAPHENE
FABRICATION 3.1 Mechanical exfoliation of graphite 3. 2Epitaxial growth on silicon
carbide 3. 3Chemecal Vapour Deposition 4.PROPERTIES OF GRAPHENE 4.1 Atomic
structure 4.2 Electronic properties 4.3 Optical Properties 4.4 Thermal Properties 4.5
Mechanical Properties 5.POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS 5.1 Graphene nanoribbons 5.2
Graphene Transisters 5.3 Integrated Circuits 5.4Transparent conducting electrodes
5.5 Solar cells 5.6 Ultra-capacitors 5.7 Graphene Bio-devices 5.8Single molecule gas
detection 6. LIMITATIONS