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Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Boron, Discovered in 1808, Gets a Nano Refresh

The National Nanotechnology Initiative defines nanotechnology as the understanding and control of matter at the nanoscale, at dimensions of approximately 1 and 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applications. Nanotechnology is taking the world by storm, revolutionizing the materials and devices used in many applications and products. That’s why a finding announced by Xiang-Feng Zhou and Artem R. Oganov, Group of Theoretical Crystallography in the Department of Geosciences, are so significant. 


Projections of 2 × 2 × 1 supercell of Pmmn-boron structure along [001] and [100] directions.

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