How to Use graphene in a Sentence

graphene

noun
  • In graphene, carbon atoms lie side by side, hence its flatness.
    — John Wenz, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2019
  • This means that graphene always has electrons available to conduct—but not all that many.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2018
  • Much research shows that graphene is the future of electric transport.
    — Nadezhda Kosareva, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The 50mm graphene drivers handles anything games throw at it with alacrity.
    — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
  • The idea was that the holes in the graphene are tuned to be the right size to capture molecules of acetone gas.
    — New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Inside the antenna is a small square of graphene atop a layer of boron nitride.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2020
  • The trilayer graphene, by contrast, doesn’t have to be twisted.
    — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 17 July 2019
  • Of course, there's a catch and that is that at the moment, this graphene dye only works for dyeing your hair black or brown.
    — Samantha Sasso, refinery29.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • From there, all the researchers had to do was produce graphene to get the batteries working.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 1 Mar. 2022
  • But graphene conducts electricity, which means that hair coated in it doesn’t build up a charge.
    — Rachel Becker, The Verge, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Graphite is a form of carbon that's just a large collection of graphene sheets layered on top of each other.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2020
  • On the other hand, graphene electrodes offer a major upgrade for brain surgery.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
  • When graphene oxide is dry, mosquitoes can’t produce enough force to puncture it.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The drivers have a new custom diaphragm made from polyurethane (PU) and graphene.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The handheld device would have a replaceable one-time-use graphene sensor.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The new device, which is made up of graphene and human proteins, would be smaller than the width of a human hair.
    — Dyllan Furness, Fox News, 17 May 2017
  • On the other, there's a chemical group that interacts with graphene.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The materials make a good pair; graphene is often made by growing it on copper.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2017
  • The team of physicists has developed a liquid made from an emulsion of graphene, water and oil.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Researchers also put in graphene nanoribbons to collect the current.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 9 Nov. 2018
  • Silicene is a cousin of graphene, a sheet of carbon atoms that has gained attention recently.
    — Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine, 28 Dec. 2011
  • The pale yellow liquid became clear as gold particles piled up on the graphene’s surface.
    — Ben Guarino, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024
  • However, by itself the graphene couldn't be made selective enough.
    — New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
  • In fact, this marks the first time Hermès works with graphene to develop a composite for the case.
    — Roberta Naas, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Other researchers are sticking with silicon, but using graphene to help it along.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2017
  • This graphene drain also served as an extra barrier controlling ion flow.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Dec. 2022
  • In their experiment, an ion captured dozens of electrons from the graphene’s carbon atoms.
    — Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The graphene ink seen here is used to print electronic circuits onto paper and plastic only an atom thick.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2017
  • Another method that has been used to give graphene a bandgap is putting wrinkles into the material.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The promise of carbon lies with a material called graphene, which is only one carbon atom thick.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 30 Aug. 2019

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