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[𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗙𝗠: 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 / 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟰]​ In this 𝗡𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿, researchers use AFM to apply strain to graphene on hexagonal boron nitride and measure how it distorts moiré patterns formed between the two flakes. The stretched moiré patterns obtained using this technique influence electronic behaviour at the device scale, 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗶𝗿é 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀! This example shows how 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸’𝘀 𝗡𝗫𝟭𝟬 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗙𝗠 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗶𝗿é 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. 📜𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://okt.to/ctdWXJ Image captions: a) Composite image showing an optical microscopy image of a graphene/hBN heterostructure with a moveable serpentine electrode. b-d) Conductive AFM images (100 nm field of view) of graphene on hBN with 0.04, 0.34 and 0.81 % strain, applied by AFM based manipulation.