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- noun An extended two-dimensional
hydrocarbon , of general formula (CH)n, derived fromgraphene by adding ahydrogen atom to eachcarbon atom alternately on each side of the plane.
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Examples
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The resulting material called graphane has insulating properties.
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Now, a team including the UK-based research group that discovered graphene has created a new material called graphane by adding hydrogen atoms to their original discovery.
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Nanowires, nanoribbons and 'graphane' among materials that'll revolutionize computers Our daily Q&A with KCBS Technology Analyst Larry Magid.
KCBS Bay Area News 2009
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If this technique works for graphene (graphene with a lot of hydrogen) then other researchers have computed that p-dooped graphane would superconduct at 90 kelvin
Next Big Future bw 2010
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The superconducting material (p-doped graphane) could also make vastly superior electronics.
Next Big Future bw 2010
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The research was published in the International Glaciological Society's another study published this week says the Oregon researchers are wrong: the nanodiamonds are more like fool's diamonds, and are just aggregates of graphene, graphane and their oxides -- the stuff found in pencils.
Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now 2010
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The superconducting material (p-doped graphane) could also make vastly superior electronics.
Next Big Future 2010
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The team studied both the electrical and structural properties of graphane and concluded that each carbon atom is bonded with one hydrogen atom.
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As well as being an insulator that could prove useful for creating graphene-based electronic devices, graphane might also find use as a hydrogen-storage medium that could help hydrogen-powered vehicles travel further before refuelling.
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However, making graphane had proven to be difficult.
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