Borophene Nanoribbons: A Barbecue-Inspired Breakthrough

Graphene is one of the lightest, strongest, and highest-conductivity materials in existence. Since it was introduced to the world in 2004, many scientists have focused on understanding and harnessing the incredible potential of this two-dimensional form of carbon--but the discovery of graphene also kicked off a search for similar forms of other elements, in hopes that they might have unique and valuable properties as well. Graphene is formed by an atomic-scale hexagonal pattern of carbon atoms. ...