From 2004 to 2014: a fruitful decade for graphene research in China.

major players in the realm of graphene research. In 2013, it was estimated that 2200 patents relating to graphene came from China. Moreover, many exciting results from graphene studies have been published by Chinese researchers in the last ten years. By the end of 2012, researchers in China had published more than 6000 papers on graphene, which in total were cited over 90 000 times. Science Daily has estimated that the rate of graphene related publications from China increases by more than 70% annually. In order to highlight the quality of graphene research coming from Chinese scientists, we have organized this Special Issue of Small, with contributions from leading research groups in China.