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Metal sheets 100,000x thinner than a hair developed, can transform electronics
Scientists have made metal sheets that are just a few atoms thick. Using their new method, researchers developed 2D sheets of bismuth, gallium, indium, tin, and lead that were hundreds of thousands of ...
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Metals can be squeezed into sheets just a few atoms thick
The new technique, developed by Luojun Du at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and his colleagues, can create 2D sheets of bismuth, gallium, indium, tin and lead that are as thin as their atomic bonds ...
Metal sheets, ultra-thin feats: are China’s 2D metals the future of electronics?
In an article published in the journal Nature on Thursday, the researchers said that compared to their bulkier counterparts, their ultra-thin metal sheets – especially one-atom-thick bismuth – showed ...
Tin sheets, concertina wires around Aurangzeb's tomb
The tomb of Mughal ruler Aurangzeb in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar is now heavily guarded with 20-feet high corrugated metal ...