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A new twist on 'magic-angle' graphene: Tuning resistance with strain

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A new twist on 'magic-angle' graphene: Tuning resistance with strain
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In materials science labs around the world, researchers regularly reproduce a peculiar experiment. Under a microscope, they use tiny robotic manipulators to lay two sheets of carbon, each a single atom thick, against one another. They then rotate the top sheet against the bottom.

In materials science labs around the world, researchers regularly reproduce a peculiar experiment. Under a microscope, they use tiny robotic manipulators to lay two sheets of carbon, each a single atom thick, against one another. They then rotate the top sheet against the bottom.

The two identical lattices of atoms, when twisted relative to one another, bloom into a complex moiré pattern, a shifting complex of honeycomb shapes that grow and shrink as the angle between the layers changes.

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Imperfections reveal unexpected links between light and atomic vibrations in ultrathin boron nitride
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Imperfections reveal unexpected links between light and atomic vibrations in ultrathin boron nitride

First, one person stands up, followed by their neighbors, one after another, until a wave sweeps through the stadium. Atoms within a material move in a similar way: rather than remaining completely still in their positions, they vibrate together around their respective positions.

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