Graphene Structure (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Graphene Structure

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Under the scanning tunneling microscope, graphene reveals its honeycomb structure made up of rings of carbon atom, visible as small hexagons. The larger hexagons result from an interference process occurring between the graphene and the underlying boron nitride. The scale bar measures one nanometer, or one billionth of a meter.

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Brian LeRoy/University of Arizona

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