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Science In ActionGraphene Kirigami

Graphene sheets manipulated using a technique inspired by the paper art of kirigami

  • A paper model of a kirigami pyramid
  • An artist’s rendering of a graphene kirigami spring, with a magnified view of the graphene’s crystal lattice
  • A stretched graphene kirigami spring (top) and a paper model (bottom)

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