Graphene Physics in Graphite

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent advances in the understanding of graphene's electronic properties within graphite, emphasizing experimental findings that suggest thin graphite samples are promising for graphene-based electronics.

Contribution

It provides a concise overview of experimental evidence showing graphite as a multi-layer system with decoupled graphene planes, highlighting the potential of thin graphite for electronics.

Findings

High-quality graphite consists of nearly decoupled 2D graphene layers.

Experimental evidence supports the potential of thin graphite samples for electronic applications.

Graphene's fundamental properties are closely linked to its layered structure in graphite.

Abstract

Single layers of carbon dubbed "graphenes", from which graphite is built, have attracted broad interest in the scientific community because of recent exciting experimental results. Graphene is interesting from a fundamental research perspective, as well as for potential technological applications. Here, we provide a brief overview of recent developments in this field, focusing especially on the electronic properties of graphite. Experimental evidence indicates that high-quality graphite is a multi-layer system with nearly decoupled 2D graphene planes. Based on experimental observations, we anticipate that thin graphite samples and not single layers will be the most promising candidates for graphene-based electronics.