Scanning electron microscopy image showing splitting of material (IMAGE)

University of Birmingham

Scanning electron microscopy image showing splitting of material

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Vibrational motion causes graphite particles to fold at the edges, before splitting into thinner layered materials, peeling off the parent particle, and finally undergoing high strain rates in the liquid phase to form atomically thin sheets of graphene. 

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