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hexagonal lattice
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hexagonal lattice [hek′sag·ə·nəl ′lad·əs]
(crystallography)
A Bravais lattice whose unit cells are right prisms with hexagonal bases and whose lattice points are located at the vertices of the unit cell and at the centers of the bases.


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So, when a thin copolymer film layer is applied, the underlying corrugations or crystal facets guide the film's self-assembly in a highly ordered way to form an ultradense hexagonal or honeycomb lattice.
Composed of a layer of graphite atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice, graphene forms the basis of graphite fibers in products like tennis racquets.
From experiments and computer simulations, the researchers find evidence that tubes roll only when the honeycomb lattice of the carbon atoms meshes with graphite's identical carbon lattice.
 
 
 
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