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Nanotube vs Graphene - What's the difference?

nanotube | graphene |

As nouns the difference between nanotube and graphene

is that nanotube is (chemistry) shortening of carbon nanotube; a carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube, having a fullerene structure and a diameter of about 1 or 2 nanometers while graphene is graphene.

nanotube

English

(carbon nanotube)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) Shortening of carbon nanotube; A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube, having a fullerene structure and a diameter of about 1 or 2 nanometers.
  • any nanotech tubular structure with a characteristic diameter measured in a few nanometres, such as titanium nanotubes

    • Synonyms

    (carbon molecule) * buckytube * carbon nanotube

    See also

    * nanotechnology

    Anagrams

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    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