Researchers discover tightest arrangement of bilayer alkali metals between graphene layers
Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) image and atomic structure of Cs bilayer in bilayer graphene (BLG) (C6Cs2C6). Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44602-3 Researchers at AIST, in collaboration with Osaka University, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Kyushu University, and National Tsing Hua University, have developed a technique to insert alkali metals into the interlayers of graphene, which