The moiré patterns of three layers change the electronic properties of graphene
Date | 8th, Mar 2019 |
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Source | EurekAlert - Scientific News Websites |
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Combining an atomically thin graphene and a boron nitride layer at a slightly rotated angle changes their electrical properties. Physicists at the University of Basel have now shown for the first time the combination with a third layer can result in new material properties also in a three-layer sandwich of carbon and boron nitride. This significantly increases the number of potential synthetic materials, report the researchers in the scientific journal Nano Letters.