Scientists drill into white graphene to create artificial atoms

Thursday, April 11, 2019 - 21:30 in Physics & Chemistry

By drilling holes into a thin two-dimensional sheet of hexagonal boron nitride with a gallium-focused ion beam, scientists have created artificial atoms that generate single photons, which work in air and room temperature.

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