Heterostructure (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Heterostructure

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ORNL and UT researchers have invented a method to merge different 2-dimensional materials into a seamless layer. This colorized scanning tunneling microscope image shows a single-atom sheet composed of graphene (seen in blue) combined with hexagonal boron nitride (seen in yellow).

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