This volume contains selected papers presented at GraphITA (L’Aquila Italy May 15–18, 2011) a multidisciplinary and intersectorial European conference/workshop on synthesis, characterization and technological exploitation of Graphene. In the latest years graphene based research has witnessed a tremendous explosion. This two dimensional ‘‘dream’’material has come into the main spotlight of fundamental and applied research in diverse nano-science fields, but surprisingly rapidly, it has also attracted the interest of major stakeholders in the private sector. The technological exploitation of graphene can be considered to be based on four fundamental interconnected wide topics: growth and synthesis methods, nano-structuring and tailoring of graphene properties, structural and physical characterization, and device design and applications. GraphITA focused its sessions, and this volume presents selected …