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Christian Binek (second from right) is principal investigator of a new National Science Foundation-funded program exploring novel two-dimensional materials. Team members on the project are (from left) Xia Hong, professor of physics and astronomy; Abdelghani Laraoui, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering; Peter Dowben, Charles Bessey Professor of physics and astronomy; and Kirill Belashchenko, professor of physics and astronomy.

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Christian Binek (second from right) is principal investigator of a new National Science Foundation-funded program exploring novel two-dimensional materials. Team members on the project are (from left) Xia Hong, professor of physics and astronomy; Abdelghani Laraoui, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering; Peter Dowben, Charles Bessey Professor of physics and astronomy; and Kirill Belashchenko, professor of physics and astronomy.

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