What is graphene

Graphite is one of the allotropes of carbon - along with diamond and buckminsterfullerenes (buckyballs). Graphite exists as a series of hexagonal-based carbon layers, a single layer of which is known as graphene, the exploration of which lead to the awarding of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics.

In this video the structure and electrical properties of graphene are explained in very simple, udnerstandable language.