For now, it's not known exactly what properties these exotically thin metal sheets may have, but their relatively large sizes are said to create new possibilities for practical applications.

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 ...

Du says the process was conceived eight years ago, but only recently bore fruit when the team discovered that the MoS 2 layers kept the thin metal sheets stable. “A single layer of free-standing ...

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