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.
@article{arxiv.0712.4020,
title = {Graphene Physics in Graphite},
author = {Yakov Kopelevich and Pablo Esquinazi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.4020},
year = {2008}
}