Graphene: A Rising Star on the Horizon of Materials Science

Table 1

Some of the amazing properties of graphene.

Some basic properties	Graphene
Young’s modulus	~1100 GPa
Fracture strength	125 GPa
Thermal Conductivity	~5000 W m^−1 K^−1
Mobility of charge carrier	2 × 10^5 cm^2 V^−1 s^−1
Specific Surface area	2630 m^2 g^−1