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2D materials

Electron ‘kick’ removes single atoms from 2D material

17 Jul 2023 Isabelle Dumé
A filtered and coloured scanning transmission electron microscopy image showing a vacancy in a lattice of hexagonal boron nitride. The vacancy appears as a triangular dark spot in a brightly glowing lattice of atoms
A beam of electrons can “kick” single atoms out of a two-dimensional sheet of hexagonal boron nitride. The vacancy is visible as a triangular dark spot at the top left. (Courtesy: Toma Susi / University of Vienna)
A beam of electrons can “kick” single atoms out of a two-dimensional sheet of hexagonal boron ni

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