Researchers Synthesize Quasi-2D Gold Film

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) Center for Photonics and 2D Materials have synthesized a quasi-2D gold film, showing how materials not usually classified as two-dimensional can form atomically thin layers. The researchers said 2D metals bring them closer to a new class of optical metamaterials whose potential to control light could lead to unexpected technologies. The study showed that by using monolayer molybdenum disulfide as an adhesion layer, quasi-2D gold can be deposited on an arbitrary surface. The researchers said the resulting ultrathin gold films, which are just several nanometers thick, conduct electricity very well could be used for flexible and transparent electronics. ...