{"id":18977,"date":"2026-01-12T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T05:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18977"},"modified":"2026-01-12T14:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:03:25","slug":"graphene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/graphene\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphene"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Graphene Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, researchers developed a flexible graphene-based capacitive sensor fabricated on a paper substrate using pencil-drawn interdigitated electrodes (IDEs).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Graphene<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>allotrope of carbon,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> along with diamond and graphite.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>two-dimensional material<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> consisting of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a <\/span><b>honeycomb structure.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The stacked form of <\/span><b>graphene is graphite.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graphene was first isolated in 2004. Since then, graphene has found hundreds of innovative applications, from <\/span><b>sensors and electronics to energy storage and healthcare.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Properties of Graphene<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Thickness:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Graphene is the <\/span><b>world\u2019s thinnest material<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 it is only one atom thick, one million times thinner than a human hair.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Strength:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is 200 times stronger than steel but six times lighter.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flexibility:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is extremely flexible and stretchable.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conductivity:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is an excellent electrical and thermal conductor.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Transparency: It<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is almost perfectly transparent since it only absorbs 2% of light.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is impermeable <\/span><b>to gases, even those as light as hydrogen or helium.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2213032&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graphene is an allotrope of carbon, along with diamond and graphite. 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