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Graphene’s allure becomes magnetic

Thin carbon sheets can borrow valuable property from nearby compound

graphene lattice, illustration

MAGNETIC CARBON  Researchers magnetized a sheet of graphene without disturbing its well-structured array of carbon atoms (illustrated above).

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By Andrew Grant

- More than 2 years ago

Although atom-thick sheets of carbon called graphene have many extraordinary properties, magnetism isn’t one of them. But a new study reveals that graphene can simply borrow the magnetic properties of a nearby material.