http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/06/pictured-a-patchwork-quilt-of-graphenes-atoms/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Wed, 23 May 2012 14:57:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/06/pictured-a-patchwork-quilt-of-graphenes-atoms/comment-page-1/#comment-581213 Jay Fox Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:43:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=24546#comment-581213 Wow. If you think of the rotational orientation as the grain structure of wood, what this shows is a sheet of material with patches of grained material oriented in every direction. This should help explain some of the amazing properties of graphene, such as it's flexibility and toughness. Wow. If you think of the rotational orientation as the grain structure of wood, what this shows is a sheet of material with patches of grained material oriented in every direction. This should help explain some of the amazing properties of graphene, such as it’s flexibility and toughness.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/06/pictured-a-patchwork-quilt-of-graphenes-atoms/comment-page-1/#comment-571968 nick Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:47:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=24546#comment-571968 Bah, real men count by quarks, not atoms. Bah, real men count by quarks, not atoms.

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