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High School Students Synthesize Graphene by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Members
of the UW MRSEC Interdisciplinary Education Group (IEG) collaborated with MRSEC
researchers to develop a laboratory method that enables students to synthesize
research quality graphene
by CVD.  The method uses safe,
inexpensive equipment and reagents so the synthesis can be performed in a high
school classroom.  To date, the IEG has
led the activity with six groups of middle and high school students during
field trips at the University of Wisconsin Discovery Center.   A manuscript describing the protocol is
currently being prepared for the  Journal
of Chemical Education.