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Combining two types of molecular boron nitride could create a hybrid material used in faster, more powerful electronics

  • Written by Pulickel Ajayan, Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University
imageHexagonal boron nitride, also known as 'white graphene.'Robert Brook/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

In chemistry, structure is everything. Compounds with the same chemical formula can have different properties depending on the arrangement of the molecules they’re made of. And compounds with a different chemical formula but a similar...

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