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Graphene vs Graphyne - What's the difference?

graphene | graphyne |

As nouns the difference between graphene and graphyne

is that graphene is any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having the structure of part of a layer of graphite while graphyne is an allotrope of carbon, related to graphene, consisting of a plane of benzene rings, each connected to six others by acetylene moieties.

graphene

English

(wikipedia graphene)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having the structure of part of a layer of graphite.
  • (inorganic chemistry) An arbitrarily large-scale, one-atom-thick layer of graphite, an allotrope of carbon, that has remarkable electric characteristics.
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    • Derived terms

    * -ene (monolayer materials similar to graphene) * graphane * penta-graphene

    Related terms

    * graphite

    See also

    * benzene * cycloalkene * diamond * fullerene

    graphyne

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia graphyne) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) An allotrope of carbon, related to graphene, consisting of a plane of benzene rings, each connected to six others by acetylene moieties

    • Derived terms

    * graphdiyne * graphtriyne