Giant Graphene Oxide Flake (IMAGE)

Rice University

Giant Graphene Oxide Flake

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A single flake of graphene oxide roughly 40 microns wide, seen under an electron microscope, sits atop a copper support. Such "giant" flakes form into a gel-like liquid crystal in solution.

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Rice University/University of Colorado at Boulder

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