Line defects in two-dimensional borophene can self-assemble into new crystalline phases, blurring the distinctions between perfect and defective crystal.
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Krasheninnikov, A.V. When defects are not defects. Nature Mater 17, 757–758 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-018-0153-y
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