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Weave a cell phone into your shirt? Engineers envision an electronic switch just three atoms thick |
July 02, 2014
Researchers believe they've discovered a crystal that can form a monolayer three atoms thick. Computer simulations show that this crystal, molybdenum ditelluride, can act like a switch: its crystal lattice can be mechanically pulled and pushed, back and forth, between two different atomic structures -- one that conducts electricity well, the other that does not. The team hopes experimental scientists will make this semiconductor crystal and use it to fashion flexible electronics.
Link: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/computers_math/computer_science/~3/-GlGTD7FSR4/140701092016.htm
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