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A duo of graphene mimics

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The synthesis of analogues of graphene by two different means provides insight into the origins of massless particles and paves the way for studies of materials with exotic topological properties. See Letters p.302 & p.306

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Figure 1: Two approaches to making graphene analogues.

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  1. Jonathan Simon and Markus Greiner are in the Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.,

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