Graphene Nanoribbon Illustration (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Graphene Nanoribbon Illustration

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An illustration of a graphene nanoribbon shaped by the beam of a transmission electron microscope. For the first time, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have used a such a microscope to study the relationship between the atomic geometry of a ribbon of graphene and its electrical properties.

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Robert Johnson

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