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Vienna University of Technology

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The strong electric field of the highly charged ions is able to tear dozens of electrons away from the graphene within a matter of femtoseconds. However, because graphene is able to transport high electric currents, the positive charge can be rapidly neutralised.

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Fig. 1b Nature Comm. Paper

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