Graphene's cousin: the present and future of graphane.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Zhou, Chao Chen, Sihao Lou, Jianzhong Wang, Jihu Yang, Qiujie Liu, Chuanrong Huang, Dapeng Zhu, Tonghe
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	The so-called graphane is a fully hydrogenated form of graphene. Because it is fully hydrogenated, graphane is expected to have a wide bandgap and is theoretically an electrical insulator. The transition from graphene to graphane is that of an electrical conductor, to a semiconductor, and ultimately to an electrical insulator. This unique characteristic of graphane has recently gained both academic and industrial interest. Towards the end of developing novel applications of this important class of nanoscale material, computational modeling work has been carried out by a number of theoreticians to predict the structures and electronic properties of graphane. At the same time, experimental evidence has emerged to support the proposed structure of graphane. This review article covers the important aspects of graphane including its theoretically predicted structures, properties, fabrication methods, as well as its potential applications.
ISSN	19317573
Journal	Nanoscale Research Letters
Volume Number	9
PubMed Central reference number	PMC3896693
Issue Number	1
PubMed reference number	24417937
e-ISSN	1556276X
DOI	10.1186/1556-276x-9-26
Language	English
Publisher	Springer
Publisher Date	2014-01-13
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright © 2014 Zhou et al.; licensee Springer.
Subject Keyword	Graphene Graphane Partially hydrogenated graphene Nanostructure
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics Materials Science