Unzipping Graphene Nanoribbons (IMAGE)

Rice University

Unzipping Graphene Nanoribbons

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Rice University graduate student Mohamad Kabbani grinds nanotubes with a mortar and pestle. A chemical reaction takes place as the altered nanotubes are forced together, unzipping them into graphene nanoribbons.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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