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Rice University

Tilt (1 of 3)

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Researchers at Rice University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory determined that two-dimensional materials grown onto a cone allow control over where defects called grain boundaries appear. These defects can be used to enhance the materials' electronic, mechanical, catalytic and optical properties.

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Yakobson Research Group/Rice University

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