ABSTRACT
A wide variety of methods have been utilized to prepare samples of graphene and carbon nanotubes (both single-walled and multi-walled), leading to the existence of a very wide range of materials described as “graphene” and “carbon nanotubes”. A knowledge of the different synthesis methods is necessary to understand why different graphene and SWCNT samples have the exhibited properties, and to understand which synthesis methods can produce suitable samples for a given experiment or application. The scalability and cost of the different production methods also varies widely.
