Preface

Graphene is one of the most promising materials in the world and has attracted much atten‐ tion on the global scale. This Nobel Prize-winning material combines multiple outstanding physical and chemical characteristics such as extremely high mechanical strength, hardness, and adjustable thermal and electrical conductivity, as well as excellent surface and optical features through chemical marking. Besides, graphene is the strongest and the most stretch‐ able material ever known and can be an efficient substitute for silicon. As a result, graphene has exhibited appealing application potentials in various areas that cover a range of differ‐ ent fields in human life, and its extraordinary properties have received a great deal of atten‐ tion by many researchers.

This book is a result of contributions of experts from the international scientific community working on different aspects of graphene science and applications and reports on the stateof-the-art research and development findings on graphene through original and innovative research studies. Through its seven chapters, the reader will have access to works related to the theory and characterization of various planar heterostructures and nanoplatforms based on graphene and also the Compton effect in graphene and in the graphene-like dielectric medium, while it introduces photoactive graphene from functionalization to applications and also the modeling and control of a smart single-layer graphene sheet. Besides, it presents reviews on the modeling, synthesis, and properties of graphene and graphene tech‐ nology and its applications in electronic devices.

The authors of each chapter give a unique insight about the specific intense research area of graphene. The book is addressed not only to researchers but also to professional engineers, students, and other experts in a variety of disciplines, both academic and industrial, seeking to gain a better understanding of what has been done in the field recently and what kind of open problems exist in this area.

> **Dr. Farzad Ebrahimi** Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, I.R. Iran
