BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Researchers have completed the atomically precise and custom-design graphene origami, according to a recent study paper published in the journal Science.
The atomically precise carbon nanostructures hold promise for developing materials for both scientific study and nanotechnology applications, said the study paper.
The researchers demonstrated that graphene origami is an efficient way to convert graphene into atomically precise, complex nanostructures. They repeatedly folded and unfolded graphene nanostructures along a randomly chosen direction.
The precise origami at the atomic level can be also applied in other new two-dimensional atomic crystal materials in order to develop functional nanostructures and quantum devices.
