Graphene crinkles can be used as 'molecular zippers'
Date | 31st, Jan 2019 |
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Source | Phys.org - Scientific News Websites |
DESCRIPTION
A decade ago, scientists noticed something very strange happening when buckyballs—soccer ball shaped carbon molecules—were dumped onto a certain type of multilayer graphene, a flat carbon nanomaterial. Rather than rolling around randomly like marbles on a hardwood floor, the buckyballs spontaneously assembled into single-file chains that stretched across the graphene surface.