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Flyaways

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This photo shows that untreated hairs (left) and hairs dyed with a commercial permanent black hair dye (middle) both exhibit "flyaway" effect upon electrostatic charging, induced by rubbing with a plastic sheet. In contrast, graphene coated hairs do not charge up (right).

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Chong Luo

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