Hydrogen opens the road to graphene ... and graphane

Monday, May 9, 2011 - 07:31 in Physics & Chemistry

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international research team has discovered a new method to produce belts of graphene called nanoribbons. By using hydrogen, they have managed to unzip single-walled carbon nanotubes. The method also opens the road for producing nanoribbons of graphane, a modified and promising version of graphene.

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