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Monday, January 9, 2012

ScienceDaily: Top Technology News

ScienceDaily: Top Technology News


Graphene reveals its magnetic personality

Posted: 08 Jan 2012 11:36 AM PST

Can organic matter behave like a fridge magnet? Scientists have now shown that it can. Researchers took nonmagnetic graphene and then either 'peppered' it with other nonmagnetic atoms like fluorine or removed some carbon atoms from the chicken wire. The empty spaces, called vacancies, and added atoms all turned out to be magnetic, exactly like atoms of, for example, iron.

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