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Illustration of a cylindrical carbon nanotube structure, showing a lattice of connected atoms arranged in a hexagonal pattern against a dark background.

Close-up of a repeating hexagonal pattern resembling a nanotube structure, with interlocking blue six-sided polygons forming a geometric mesh.

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