Jilin 吉林

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Jílín (吉林) is one of three provinces that form the northeast (Dongbei) region of China. It is an area with a rich history which is distinct form central China. Jilin is also a land of cultural diversity. Manchu, Mongol and Korea ethnic groups all have a strong presence here. Geographically the province is also diverse. Beginning in the north on the edge of the Mongolian grasslands and the far eastern end of the Gobi Desert, visitors to Jilin can travel southwards across the Manchurian step land and forests to the mountain range of Changbai Shan which froms the border with North Korea and Russia.

Tourist Attractions

Below is a list of tourist attractions in Jilin:

(长春市伪满皇宫博物院; chángchūn wěi mǎn huánggōngbówùyuàn): 光复路5号. This tourist attraction is rates as AAAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(长白山国家级自然保护区; zhǎng Bái Shān guójiājí zìrán bǎohùqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(镇赉县莫莫格国家自然保护区; zhènlài xiàn mò mògé guójiā zìrán bǎohùqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(吉林省北大湖滑雪场; jílínshěng běidà hú huáxuěchǎng): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(长春市长影世纪城; chángchūnshì cháng yǐng shìjì chéng): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(长春世界雕塑公园; chángchūn shìjiè diāosù gōngyuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(吉林松花湖风景名胜区; jílín sōng huā hú fēngjǐngmíngshèng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(辉南县龙湾群国家森林公园; huīnán xiàn Lóng Wānqún guójiā sēnlín gōngyuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(长春净月潭国家森林公园; chángchūn jìng yuè tán guójiā sēnlín gōngyuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(通榆县向海国家级自然保护区; tōngyú xiàn xiàng hǎiguó jiā jí zìrán bǎohùqū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(松原市查干湖旅游度假区; sōngyuán shì chá gàn hú lǚyóu dùjià qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(通化市杨靖宇烈士陵园; tōnghuàshì yáng jìngyǔ lièshì língyuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(蛟河拉法山国家森林公园; jiāohé lāfǎ shān guójiā sēnlín gōngyuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(长春市莲花山滑雪场; chángchūnshì liánhuā shān huáxuěchǎng): This tourist attraction is rates as AAAA on China's national tourism scale.

(四平市叶赫那拉城; yī tōng mǎn zú zì zhì xiàn mù qíng gǔ lǚ yóu fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(江源县干饭盆景区; jí ān shì yún fēng hú jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(长白县长白朝鲜族民俗村; jìng yǔ xiàn yáng jìng yǔ jiāng jūn xùn guó de): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(伊通满族自治县博物馆; jìng yǔ xiàn bái shān hú jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(伊通满族自治县牧情谷旅游风景区; zhǎng chūn diàn yǐng chéng): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(白山市龙山湖景区; Bái shān shì Lóng shān hú jĭng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(白山市长白山迷宫; Bái shān shì Cháng bái shān mí gōng): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(靖宇县杨靖宇将军殉国地; jí lín shì lóng tán shān lù chǎng): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(靖宇县白山湖景区; jí lín shì lóng tán shān gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AAA on China's national tourism scale.

(长春电影城; jí lín shì jīn rì chéng dú shū jì niàn shì): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(长春世界风景园; pán shí shǐ guǎn mǎ róng dòng): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(吉林市龙潭山鹿场; jí lín shì wén miào bó wù guǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(舒兰市森林公园; Shū lán shì sēn lín gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(蛟河市南湖瀑布; Jiāo hé shì Nán hú pù bù): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(吉林市龙潭山公园; jí ān shì wǔ nǚ fēng guó jiā jí sēn lín gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(吉林市金日成读书纪念室; tōng huà shì yù huáng shān gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(磐石使管马溶洞; huī nán lóng wān guó jiā jí sēn lín gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(磐石市黄河水库; Pán shí shì Huáng hé shuĭ kù): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(吉林市文庙博物馆; jí lín shì fēng mǎn qū mó pán shān jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(通化市玉皇山公园; lín jiāng běi shān gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(辉南龙湾国家级森林公园; lín jiāng huā shān guó jiā sēn lín gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(吉林市丰满区磨盘山景区; jí ān shì yún fēng hú lǚ yóu dù jiǎ qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(青山湖省级风景名胜区; zhǎng bái shí lín fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(临江北山公园; lín jiāng běi shān gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(临江花山国家森林公园; lín jiāng huā shān guó jiā sēn lín gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(长白石林风景区; cháng;zhǎng bái shí lín fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(长白山迷宫溶洞; cháng bái shān mí gōng róng dòng): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(龙山湖省级风景名胜区; lóng shān hú shěng jí fēng jǐng míng shèng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(长白塔山公园; cháng;zhǎng bái tǎ shān gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(鸭绿江漂流旅游景区; yā lù jiāng piāo liú lǚ yóu jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(大安市嫩江旅游度假村; Dà ān shì Nèn jiāng lǚ yóu dù jià cūn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(大安市五间房水岛乐园; Dà ān shì wŭ jiān fáng shuĭ dăo lè yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(镇莱县哈尔挠旅游景区; zhèn;chēn lái xiàn hā ěr náo lǚ yóu jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(四平市山门水库风景区; sì píng shì shān mén shuǐ kù fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(珲春防川风景区; hún chūn fáng chuān fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(汪清满天星风景区; wāng qīng mǎn tiān xīng fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(和龙仙境台风景区; Hé lóng xiān jìng tái fēng jĭng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(敦化六项山风景区; Dūn huà liù xiàng shān fēng jĭng Oū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(通榆县兴隆山黄榆景区; tōng yú xiàn xīng lóng shān huáng yú jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(四平市二龙湖风景区; sì píng shì èr lóng hú fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(伊通县满族民俗馆; yī tōng xiàn mǎn zú mín sú guǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(四平市铁东区山门镇二郎山庄; sì píng shì tiě dōng qū shān mén zhèn;chēn èr láng shān zhuāng): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(四平市四平战役纪念馆; sì píng shì sì píng zhàn yì jì niàn guǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(公主岭市二十家子旅游度假区; Gōng zhŭ lĭng shì èr shí jiā zi lǚ yóu dù jià qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(靖宇县白山湖仁义风景区; jìng yǔ xiàn bái shān hú rén yì fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(吉林大学博物馆; jí lín dà xué bó wù guǎn): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(长春龙湾生态旅游区; cháng chūn lóng wān shēng tài lǚ yóu qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(舒兰市凤凰山旅游区; Shū lán shì fèng huáng shān lǚ yóu Oū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(舒兰市亮甲山旅游风景区; Shū lán shì liàng jiă shān lǚ yóu fēng jĭng Oū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(梅河口市四季生态园; méi hé kǒu shì sì jì shēng tài yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(通化市白鸡腰国家森林公园; tōng huà;huā shì bái jī yāo guó jiā sēn lín gōng yuán): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(通化市千叶湖景区; tōng huà;huā shì qiān yè hú jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(伊通满族自治县大孤山旅游风景区; yī tōng mǎn zú zì zhì xiàn dà gū shān lǚ yóu fēng jǐng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(梅河口市五奎山风景名胜区; méi hé kǒu shì wǔ kuí shān fēng jǐng míng shèng qū): This tourist attraction is rates as AA on China's national tourism scale.

(松原市孝庄祖陵旅游区; sōngyuánshì xiào Zhuāng Zǔlíng lǚyóuqū): This tourist attraction is rates as A on China's national tourism scale.

(梅河口市鸡冠山景区; méihékǒushì jīguān shān jǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as A on China's national tourism scale.

(通化市千叶湖风景区; tōnghuàshì qiānyè hú fēngjǐngqū): This tourist attraction is rates as A on China's national tourism scale.

(蛟河市金蟾岛; jiāohéshì Jīn Chándǎo): This tourist attraction is rates as A on China's national tourism scale.

(永吉县兴光朝鲜族民族村; xiàn yǒngjí xīng guāng cháoxiān zú cūn mínzú): This tourist attraction is rates as A on China's national tourism scale.

History

In ancient times Jilin was inhabited by various peoples, notably the Mohe and the Wùjí (勿吉). It also formed a part of the Goguryeo kingdom. The kingdom of Balhae was established in the area from 698 to 926 AD. The region then fell successively under the domination of the Khitan Liao Dynasty, the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, and the Mongol Yuan Dynasty. During the Qing Dynasty, much of the area was under the control of the General of Jilin, whose area of control extended to the Sea of Japan to encompass much of what is Russia's Primorsky Krai today. Immigration of Han Chinese was strictly controlled.

However, after the Primorsky Krai area was ceded to Russia in 1860, the Qing government began to open the area up to Han Chinese migrants, most of whom came from Shandong. By the beginning of the twentieth century, Han Chinese had become the dominant ethnic group of the region. In 1932, the area was incorporated into Manchukuo, a puppet state set up by Japan, and Changchun (then called Hsinking), capital of Jilin today, was made the capital of Manchukuo. After the defeat of Japan in 1945, the region, together with the rest of northeastern China, was handed to the communists by the Soviet Union. Manchuria was then the staging ground from which the communists eventually conquered the rest of China.

In 1949, Jilin province was smaller, encompassing only the environs of Changchun and Jilin City, and the capital was at Jilin City, while Changchun was a municipality independent from the province. In the 1950s Jilin was expanded to its present borders. During the Cultural Revolution, Jilin was expanded again to include a part of Inner Mongolia, giving it a border with the independent state of Mongolia, though this was later reversed. In recent times Jilin has, together with the rest of heavy industry-based Northeast China, been facing economic difficulties with privatization. This has prompted the central government to undertake a campaign called “Revitalize the Northeast.”

People and Culture

Jilin is inhabited by Han Chinese, Manchus, Hui, Mongols and Xibe. Most ethnic Koreans live in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture.

Ethnic groups in Jilin (2000 census)
Nationality Population Percentage
Han Chinese 24,348,815 90.85%
Koreans 1,145,688 4.27%
Manchu 993,112 3.71%
Mongol 172,026 0.64%
Hui 125,620 0.47%

Excludes members of the People's Liberation Army in active service.
Source: Department of Population, Social, Science and Technology Statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics of China (国家统计局人口和社会科技统计司) and Department of Economic Development of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission of China (国家民族事务委员会经济发展司), eds. Tabulation on Nationalities of 2000 Population Census of China (《2000年人口普查中国民族人口资料》). 2 vols. Beijing: Nationalities Publishing House (民族出版社), 2003. (ISBN 7-105-05425-5)

Jilin is part of Northeast China, so shares many similarities in culture to neighbouring regions, such as Er Ren Zhuan, Stilts and Yangge. But among its music, Jiju, or Jilin Opera, is a form of traditional entertainment that Jilin has innovated over its short migrant history. The ethnic Koreans of Jilin have their own distinct culture

Industry

In 2008, the nominal GDP of Jilin province totaled RMB 642.4 billion (US$92.5 billion), a year-on-year increase of 16 percent. Its GDP has been rising at double-digit rate since 2003 growing 51 percent from 2003 to 2007. Per capita nominal GDP increased to RMB 23,514 (US$3,385) in 2008. Meanwhile, the incremental value and profit of large enterprises witnessed a sharp increase of 19 percent and 30 percent respectively, compared with 2005 figures.

Jilin's agricultural production is centered upon rice, maize, and sorghum. Rice is mostly cultivated in the eastern parts, such as Yanbian prefecture. The Changbai Mountains are an important source of lumber. Herding of sheep is an important activity in the western parts, such as Baicheng prefecture-level city.
Compared to other provinces of China, Jilin has extensive deposits of Kieselguhr, wollastonite, floatstone, and molybdenum.

Industry in Jilin is concentrated on automobiles, train carriages, and iron alloy.

Jilin is one of the most important commodity grain bases in China Ranked 6th in timber production The yields of ginseng and deer antlers are among the largest in China, being used extensively in Traditional Chinese medicine

Geography

Jilin lies in the central part of northeastern China, bordering Russia and North Korea in the east and southeast respectively. Jilin has a total area of 190,000 square kilometers and a total population of 27.3 million capital is Changchun, which lies 113 kilometers west of Jilin city. Jilin province is rich in natural mineral deposits with 136 different types of minerals, of which 70 have already been extracted. Jilin has abundance of Traditional Chinese medicine resources, with approximately 27,000 kinds of wild plants and 9,000 kinds of medicinal herbs. Also the province is rich in large reserves of oil, gas, coal, iron mine, nickel, molybdenum, talc, graphite, gypsum, cement rock, gold and silver; its reserves of oil shale are the largest in the country.

Jilin is highest in altitude in the southeast, and drops gently towards the northwest. The Changbai Mountains run through its southeastern regions, and contains the highest peak of the province, Baiyun Peak at 2691 m. Other mountain ranges include the Jilinhada Mountains, Zhang Guangcai Mountains, and Longgang Mountains.

Jilin is drained by the Yalu and Tumen Rivers in the extreme southwest (which together form the border between the People's Republic of China and North Korea), by tributaries of the Liao River along the southern border, and by the Songhua and Nen rivers, both eventually flowing into the Amur.

Jilin has a northerly continental monsoon climate, with long, cold winters and short, warm summers. Average January temperatures range from -20 to -14°C. Rainfall averages at 350 to 1000 mm.

Jilin consists of eight prefecture-level cities and one autonomous prefecture:

Map # Name Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin Type
Map of Jilin province in China 1 Changchun 长春 Chángchūn Prefecture-level city
2 Baicheng 白城 Báichéng Prefecture-level city
3 Baishan 白山 Báishān Prefecture-level city
4 Jilin 吉林 Jílín Prefecture-level city
5 Liaoyuan 辽源 Liáoyuán Prefecture-level city
6 Siping 四平 Sìpíng Prefecture-level city
7 Songyuan 松原 Sōngyuán Shì Prefecture-level city
8 Tonghua 通化 Tōnghuà Shì Prefecture-level city
9 Yanbian (Korean) 延边朝鲜族自治州 Yánbiān Cháoxiǎnzú Zìzhìzhōu Autonomous Prefecture
 

Transportation

There are 35,216 kilometers of highways, including over 500 kilometers of expressways. The province has an excellent rail network, originally built by the Japanese, with Changchun as its main hub. There are four major new railway projects which started construction in 2007. They will include the middle section of a massively invested north-south railway trunk line connecting Harbin and Dalian, and a 96.5 kilometer inter-city railway line from Changchun, capital city of Jilin province, and Jilin city. The four railway projects are estimated to cost RMB13 billion and the province is urging foreign investors to invest in the new project. The Changchun-Jilin line, expected to be completed in 2010, will cut the journey times between the cities from the current 96 minutes to 30.

Major airports include Changchun International Airport, Jilin Airport, Yanji Airport and Tonghua Liuhe Airport.

Jilin is landlocked. However, river navigation is possible from April to November. The major river ports are at Da'an, Jilin city and Fuyu. In 2007, Jilin started construction on a two-phase RMB60 million comprehensive river port; the first phase of this is finished. The port is located on the Songhua River and has an annual throughput of two million tons and will connect to the waterways of Northeast China.

News About Jilin

Northeast Securities Plans 4B Yuan Private Placement
February 7 -- Northeast Securities (000686) plans to raise up to four billion yuan from a private placement of 340 million shares at not less than 11.79 yuan per share to 10 designated investors, including Jilin Yatai Group and Jilin Trust, ... »

Dinosaur footprints discovered in Beijing
The scientists, including experts from Russia, the US, Germany, Belgium, Britain, Japan and the Republic of Korea, were led by Sun Ge of Jilin University in northeast China. Together, they have spent the past ten years studying the extinction of ... »Ceylon Daily News

Province aims to keep farm incomes growing
By Lu Chang and Liu Mingtai (China Daily) CHANGCHUN - The government of Jilin province in Northeast China, one of the country's top grain producers, is aiming to help its farmers increase their incomes by 12 percent after a 20 percent growth last year. »

Jilin Jien Nickel Industry Co., Ltd. announces commencement of offer to ...
TORONTO, Feb. 3, 2012 /CNW/ - Jilin Jien Nickel Industry Co., Ltd. ("Jilin Jien") announced today that a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Jilin Jien, 0931017 BC Ltd. (the "Offeror"), has commenced the previously announced offer (the "Offer") to ... »

FAW Group aims to sell 3m autos this year
We will try to meet the target of 3 million vehicles this year, an increase of 15 percent year-on-year," said Xu on the sidelines of the annual sessions of the Jilin provincial people's congress and CPPCC. Xu estimated that 70 percent of the growth ... »

Scorpions inspire new corrosion resistant armor
by Randy Nelson | Last updated 6:00PM EST on February 2, 2012 Researchers at China's Jilin University have turned to one of nature's greatest desert survivalists in their quest to make machines more sand-proof. By scanning the outer shell of yellow ... »Tecca

Scorpions may have lessons to teach aircraft designers
Han Zhiwu of Jilin University, in China, and his colleagues wondered why. Their curiosity is not just academic. Aircraft engines and helicopter rotor-blades are constantly abraded by atmospheric dust, and a way of slowing down this abrasion would be ... »

Scorpion skin inspired armor could protect machines against sand damange
Getting back to the armor, researchers at Jilin University in China have discovered that due to the scorpion's skin featuring a series of microtextures, it actually helps by channeling air over the animal which will minimize the effects sand could have ... »Ubergizmo

79 pct of wetlands poorly protected
According to the survey, only 15 percent of the wetlands found along the Songhuajiang River in Northeast China's Jilin province are well protected. The survey called for wetland protection legislation, remote-sensing supervision and strengthened ... »

"Scorpion Skin" Armor Could Help Protect Machines Against Sand Damage
Researchers at Jilin University in China have developed the new armor by first scanning scorpions, then modifying and testing the derived surface texture to maximize its resistance to abrasion. According to the study published in the materials science ... »

Scorpion inspires tough metal
Using a 3-D laser scanner, Jilin Univ. researchers in China studied the yellow fat tail scorpion, whose body protects it from scratches in desert sandstorms. The scientists developed a model with a series of small grooves at a 30-degree angle. »

Evonik makes major moves in Asia
It has invested over 100 million euros ($130 million) each in the construction of an integrated production complex for isophorone and isophorone diamine in Shanghai and in a hydrogen peroxide plant in Jilin province. The company is investing in an ... »

Mainlander named as South China Morning Post Editor
Wang, who moved to the paper as a China business reporter in 1996, becoming deputy editor in 2007, is a member of the People's Political Consultative Conference of Jilin Province. He spent three years at the state-owned China Daily before moving to the ... »

Jilin Jien Offer and Goldbrook Directors' Circular Recommending Tender to Be ...
Goldbrook Ventures Inc. ("Goldbrook" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:GBK) announced today that the Company and Jilin Jien Nickel Industry Co., Ltd. ("Jilin Jien") have agreed to extend to February 3, 2012 the date by which Jilin Jien must, ... »

China Sends Rice to N.Korea
As proof, he showed pictures taken near the customs office in Tumen in the Chinese province of Jilin on Jan. 12 . A worker loads a rice sack onto a truck in Tumen, Jilin Province in China on Jan. 12. /Courtesy of Citizens' Coalition for Human Rights of ... »The Chosun Ilbo

YOU On Demand Signs Carriage Deal with Jilin Cable
19, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- YOU On Demand Holdings, Inc., (OTCBB: CBBD), China's leading national Pay-Per-View (PPV) and Video On Demand (VOD) platform today announced it has reached an agreement with Jilin Cable in Jilin province to promote VOD ... »

China TV operator Jishi Media launches $347 mln IPO
Jishi Media, the cable TV operator in the northwestern province of Jilin, will hold roadshows in Shanghai on Wednesday, Shenzhen on Friday and Beijing on Feb 6, it said in a prospectus posted on the stock exchange website late on Sunday. »

Guangsha Ends Losing Streak
Defending champion Guangdong Hongyuan got another easy win by beating Jilin Northeast Tigers 107-94. Guangdong consolidated the leading position of the league with a 22-4 record. Guangdong forward Zhou Peng got the game high 24 points. »

Chinese New Year celebrated with day of celebrations
Those performing include The Chen Brothers, who hold the Guinness World Record for the highest pole jump in the Lion Dance, and the National Music Orchestra of Jilin Province. Alongside Trafalgar Square, a second stage on Shaftesbury Avenue will host ... »BBC News

Graphene Mimics the Hydrophobic Nature of Butterfly Wings
Their attractive properties and spectacular iridescent colors have triggered a group led by Hong-Bo Sun of Jilin University to prepare a superhydrophobic graphene surface with properties comparable to its natural counterparts. »AZoNano.com

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