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To make graphene behave more like a semiconductor, researchers propose vibrating the lattice in a specific rotating pattern.

The so-far disappointingly short lifetime of spin-polarized currents in graphene may be the result of magnetic defects.

Quantum Hall effects can be exploited to tune, reverse, and even eliminate the Casimir force between two graphene sheets.

Electron microscopy reveals the bond configurations of individual silicon impurities adsorbed on graphene.

Graphene researchers show the leakage of heat from electrons to sound vibrations is small enough to allow for sensitive light detectors.

Raman spectroscopy probes the effects on the electronic properties of double-layer graphene when the layers are counterrotated.

Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy experiments show how missing carbon atoms affect graphene’s electronic and magnetic properties.

Nanoscale planar materials such as graphene could be twisted to fabricate tubular objects.

Transport properties at the edges of topological states of matter may be more readily observed in graphene compared to other 2D systems.

Hydrogen storage on carbon materials is strongly affected by the presence of oxygen.

Photoemission measurements detect the effects of local curvature on the band structure of suspended graphene.

Thin sheets of length scales ranging from graphene to paper are shown to exhibit a universal behavior of self-similar wrinkling patterns.

A combination of strain and scalar potentials opens a gap in graphene.

Researchers identify a new class of graphene defects.

A gold nanoparticle at the end of an STM tip is used to image the local charge fluctuations on a sheet of graphene.

A small rotation between layers in multilayer graphene radically alters its electronic properties.

Measurements of the charge carrier response of suspended bilayer graphene flakes help identify which theoretical picture best describes the material at zero field.

Controlling defects on graphene that trap migrating metal atoms may lead to superior device fabrication.

Scanning-gate microscopy on a graphene quantum dot reveals localized states which influence transport properties.

In a synthesis of condensed matter physics and atomic and molecular physics, graphene flakes are levitated and spun in an ion trap.