Single nitrogen vacancy created in hexagonal boron nitride by electron irradiation. (IMAGE)

University of Vienna

Single nitrogen vacancy created in hexagonal boron nitride by electron irradiation.

Caption

In this filtered and colored scanning transmission electron microscopy image, the nitrogen atoms show brighter contrast, and the vacancy is visible as triangular dark contrast on the top left.

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Toma Susi / University of Vienna

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