Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Graphene: Synthesis, Functionalization and Properties C. N. R. Rao, K. S. Subrahmanyam, H. S. S. Ramakrishna Matte and A. Govindaraj -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Synthesis -- 3. Functionalization and Solubilization -- 4. Surface Properties -- 5. Interaction with Electron Donor and Acceptor Molecules -- 6. Decoration of Graphene with Metal Nanoparticles -- 7. Magnetic Properties -- 8. Inorganic Graphene Analogues -- References -- Chapter 2 Synthesis and Characterization of Exfoliated Graphene- and Graphene Oxide-Based Composites K. R. Rasmi, K. Chakrapani and S. Sampath -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental Section -- 2.1. Materials -- 2.2. Synthesis of exfoliated graphene oxide -- 2.3. Synthesis of EGO- Au-Ag alloy composites -- 2.3. Synthesis of GO-Co3O4 composite -- 2.4. Synthesis of EGO-RuOx composite -- 2.5. Materials characterization -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 3.1. Electrochemical detection of dopamine using graphene-alloy nanocomposites -- 3.2. Composites of exfoliated graphene oxide- and Co3O4 or RuOx -- 4. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3 Singlet Open-Shell Character of Polyperiacenes A. Shimizu, A. Konishi, Y. Hirao and T. Kubo -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical Consideration on Open-Shell Character -- 2.1. Clar's aromatic sextet valence bond model -- 2.2. Quantum chemical method -- 2.3. Aromaticity of each ring -- 2.4. More extended ring system -- 3. Experimental Elucidation of the Smallest Polyperiacene -- 3.1. Geometrical consideration -- 3.2. Physical properties -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4 Doping of Graphene: A Computational Study A. K. Manna and S. K. Pati -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Computational Details -- 3. Metal Nanoclusters Graphene Complexes -- 4. Molecule-Graphene Complexes -- 5. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References.

Chapter 5 Vibrations and Buckling of Uni-Axially Strained Graphene and BN-Monolayer: A First-Principles Study K. P. S. S. Hembram and U. V. Waghmare -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methods -- 3. Results -- 3.1. Structure -- 3.2. Phonons -- 3.3. Electronic structure -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 6 Raman Spectroscopy of Graphene Edges R. Saito -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Method -- 3. Calculated Raman Spectra -- 4. Discussion and Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 7 Probing Single and Bilayer Graphene Field Effect Transistors by Raman Spectroscopy A. Das, B. Chakraborty and A. K. Sood -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Vibrational Properties of Graphene -- 3. Raman Spectra of Graphene -- 4. Tuning the Fermi Energy by Field Effect Gating -- 4.1. Single layer top gating -- 4.2. Bilayer top gating -- 4.2.1. Conversion of VTG into EF -- 4.3. Theoretical calculations -- 4.3.1. Comparison between the experiment and theory (Bilayer) -- 4.3.2. Physical interpretation -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 8 Phonons and Electron-Phonon Interaction in Graphene and Nanotube T. Ando -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Monolayer Graphene and Nanotube -- 3. Acoustic Phonon -- 4. Optical Phonon -- 5. Zone-Boundary Phonon -- 6. Spontaneous Lattice Distortion -- 7. Bilayer Graphene -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 9 Magnetic Structures of Edge-State Spins in Nanographene and a Network of Nanographene Sheets T. Enoki, V. L. J. Joly and K. Takai -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Electronic Structure of Edge State and STM/STS Observations -- 3. Magnetic Properties of Nanographene and Nanographite -- 3.1. Effect of electron localization on the magnetism of the edge-state spins -- 3.2. Spin glass state in the nanographite network -- 4. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References.

Chapter 10 Electronic and Transport Properties of Graphene Nanoribbons K. Wakabayashi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Electronic States of Graphene Nanoribbons -- 3. Electronic Transport Properties -- 3.1. One-way excess channel system -- 3.2. Perfectly conducting channel -- 3.3. Graphene nanoribbons with generic edge structures -- 4. Transport Properties through Graphene Junction -- 5. Summary -- References -- Chapter 11 Gate-Voltage Modulation in Graphene K. Tsukagoshi, H. Miyazaki, S.-L. Li, A. Kumatani, H. Hiura and A. Kanda -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental -- 2.1. Quick and precise judgment method for number of layers -- 2.2. Device fabrication process -- 2.3. Top gate capacitance -- 2.4. Conductance control in graphene by dual gate voltages -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 12 Kondo Physics in Graphene K. Sengupta -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Analysis of the Kondo Model -- 3. Experiments -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13 Noise in Graphene Transistors A. N. Pal and A. Ghosh -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Correlated Number and Mobility Fluctuation Model -- 3. Experimental Section -- 3.1. Sample preparation and characterization -- 3.2. Noise characteristics in graphene based FET devices -- 3.3. Noise in dual gated BLG device -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 14 Spin Transport in Single- and Multi-Layer Graphene M. Shiraishi, M. Ohishi, N. Mitoma, T. Takano, K. Muramoto, R. Nouchi, T. Nozaki, T. Shinjo and Y. Suzuki -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental -- 3. Results and Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 15 Quantum Complexity in Graphene G. Baskaran -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Complexity - Classical & quantum -- 1.2. Novel phenomena in graphene -- 2. Spin-1 Collective Mode -- 3. Relativistic Type Effects -- 4. Possibility of Room Temperature Superconductivity in Optimally Doped Graphene.

5. Composite Fermi Sea -- 6. Two Channel Kondo Effect -- 7. Summary -- Acknowledgment -- References.