Includes bibliographical references and index.

Synthesis, Characterization, and Selected Properties of Graphene / C N R Rao, Urmimala Maitra, H S S Ramakrishna Matte -- Understanding Graphene via Raman Scattering / A K Sood, Biswanath Chakraborty -- Physics of Quanta and Quantum Fields in Graphene / Ganapathy Baskaran -- Magnetism of Nanographene / Toshiaki Enoki -- Physics of Electrical Noise in Graphene / Vidya Kochat, Srijit Goswami, Atindra Nath Pal, Arindam Ghosh -- Suspended Graphene Devices for Nanoelectromechanics and for the Study of Quantum Hall Effect / Vibhor Singh, Mandar M Deshmukh -- Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Patterned Nanoribbons: A Detailed Computational Study / Biplab Sanyal -- Stone-Wales Defects in Graphene and Related Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials / Sharmila N Shirodkar, Umesh V Waghmare -- Graphene and Graphene-Oxide-Based Materials for Electrochemical Energy Systems / Ganganahalli Kotturappa Ramesha, Srinivasan Sampath -- Heterogeneous Catalysis by Metal Nanoparticles Supported on Graphene / M Samy El-Shall -- Graphenes in Supramolecular Gels and in Biological Systems / Santanu Bhattacharya, Suman K Samanta -- Biomedical Applications of Graphene: Opportunities and Challenges / Manzoor Koyakutty, Abhilash Sasidharan, Shantikumar Nair.

"The only balanced overview available, focusing on all areas of scientific interest surrounding this fascinating molecule. In one handy volume it offers comprehensive coverage of the topic, including chemistry, materials science, nanoscience, physics, engineering, life science, and potential applications. Edited by a famous and well-respected scientist, who is also a brilliant teacher, this is an invaluable companion for inorganic, organic, and physical chemists, materials scientists, and physicists."--Provided by publisher.

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