The near explosion of attention given to graphene has attracted many to its research field. As new studies and findings about graphene synthesis, properties, electronic quality control, and possible applications simultaneous burgeon in the scientific community, it is quite hard to grasp the breadth of graphene history. At this stage, graphene's many fascinating qualities have been amply reported and its potential for various electronic applications are increasing, pulling in ever more newcomers to the field of graphene. Thus it has become important as a community to have an equal understanding of how this material was discovered, why it is stirring up the scientific community and what sort of progress has been made and for what purposes. Since the first discovery, the hype has expediently led to near accomplishment of industrial-sized production of graphene. This review covers the progress and development of synthesis and transfer techniques with an emphasis on the most recent technique of chemical vapor deposition, and explores the potential applications of graphene that are made possible with the improved synthesis and transfer.

• Dolly Shin(Center for Human Interface Nano Technology (HINT) and SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University)
• Su-Kang Bae(Center for Human Interface Nano Technology (HINT) and SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University)
• Chao Yan(Center for Human Interface Nano Technology (HINT) and SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
• Jun-Mo Kang(Center for Human Interface Nano Technology (HINT) and SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University)
• Jae-Chul Ryu(Center for Human Interface Nano Technology (HINT) and SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University)
• Jong-Hyun Ahn(Center for Human Interface Nano Technology (HINT) and SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) Corresponding Author
• Byung-Hee Hong(Center for Human Interface Nano Technology (HINT) and SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University) Corresponding Author