title: Graphene-based materials: synthesis, characterization, properties, and applications.
abstract: Graphene, a two-dimensional, single-layer sheet of sp(2) hybridized carbon atoms, has attracted tremendous attention and research interest, owing to its exceptional physical properties, such as high electronic conductivity, good thermal stability, and excellent mechanical strength. Other forms of graphene-related materials, including graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, and exfoliated graphite, have been reliably produced in large scale. The promising properties together with the ease of processibility and functionalization make graphene-based materials ideal candidates for incorporation into a variety of functional materials. Importantly, graphene and its derivatives have been explored in a wide range of applications, such as electronic and photonic devices, clean energy, and sensors. In this review, after a general introduction to graphene and its derivatives, the synthesis, characterization, properties, and applications of graphene-based materials are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Zongyou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Shixin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xiaoying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Qiyuan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Qichun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qingyu
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Freddy
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boey
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D006108:Graphite / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D012666:Semiconductors
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D006108:Graphite