Physicists have succeeded in observing diffraction patterns of unprecedented quality by passing fast hydrogen atoms through a sheet of graphene just one atom thick, an experimental and theoretical breakthrough that opens up new perspectives for the study of two-dimensional materials and surface spectroscopy.
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Schematic view of the modeling of coherent diffraction of a beam of hydrogen atoms through a sheet of graphene. © Pierre Guichard et al., 2025 American Physical Society
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Fast Hydrogen Atom Diffraction through Monocrystalline Graphene, Pierre Guichard, Arnaud Dochain, Raphaël Marion, Pauline de Crombrugghe de Picquendaele, Nicolas Lejeune, Benoît Hackens, Paul-Antoine Hervieux, Xavier Urbain, Physical Review Letters 135, 263403 – Publié le 23 décembre 2025.
DOI : 10.1103/wdx6-mrvm
Archive ouverte : arXiv
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Paul-Antoine Hervieux (Enseignant-chercheur de l’Université de Strasbourg à l’Institut de physique et chimie des matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS)
