Mouse over to interact with the honeycomb lattice of this crystal that is stronger than diamond, but can stretch up to 20% of its length. At one carbon atom thick, Graphene is the thinnest two-dimensional material ever.

The controls on the bottom of the page allow you to extrapolate and make changes to the elasticity, responsiveness, displacement radius and/or intensity. You can also increase or reduce the number of atoms (non proportionally) and visualise the lattice with or without bonds.

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