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C A R B O N 4 9 ( 2 0 1 1 ) 1 9 4 6 – 1 9 5 4 av ai la bl e at w w w . s c i e n c e d i r e c t . c o m jour nal h omepage: www.elsevier.co m/lo cate/car bon An approach to produce single and double layer graphene from re-exfoliation of expanded graphite S.R. Dhakate a,*, N. Chauhan a, S. Sharma a, J. Tawale b, S. Singh b, P.D. Sahare c, R.B. Mathur a a Physics and Engineering of Carbon, Division of Materials Physics and Engineering, National Physical Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110012, India b Division of Material Characterization, National Physical Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110012, India c Department of Physics and Astrophysics, Delhi University, Delhi 110017, India A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: We report the production of high quality single and double layer graphene from sonication Received 19 November 2010 and centrifugation of re-exfoliated expanded graphite (EG) in an organic solvent. The pre- Accepted 31 December 2010 pared graphene-sheets are identified by Ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy and characterized Available online 14 January 2011 using different techniques. Transmission and scanning electron microscopy observations show that the graphene-sheets have an area of (12 · 10) lm2. The selected area electron diffraction analysis and Raman spectroscopy have confirmed the presence of single layer graphene-sheet. The I(2D)/I(G) ratio from the Raman spectrum of graphene is found to be