Crystal with a twist: Scientists grow spiraling new material
Date | 20th, Jun 2019 |
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Source | EurekAlert - Scientific News Websites |
DESCRIPTION
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have created new inorganic crystals made of stacks of atomically thin sheets that unexpectedly spiral like a nanoscale card deck. Their surprising structures, reported in a new study in the journal Nature, may yield unique optical, electronic and thermal properties, including superconductivity, the researchers say.