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The shape of melting in two dimensions
Snow falls in winter and melts in spring, but what drives the phase change in between? Although melting is a familiar phenomenon...
Feb 2, 20174 min read


Explaining how 2-D materials break at the atomic level
Cracks sank the 'unsinkable' Titanic; decrease the performance of touchscreens and erode teeth. We are familiar with cracks in big or...
Jan 19, 20172 min read


Self-assembling 2D and 3D materials formed by tiny gold nanoclusters
Self-assembly of matter is one of the fundamental principles of nature, directing the growth of larger ordered and functional systems...
Jan 16, 20172 min read


New solution for making 2-D nanomaterials
Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials have been made by dissolving layered materials in liquids, according to new UCL-led research. The...
Nov 23, 20163 min read


2-D material a brittle surprise
Scientists at Rice University have discovered that an atom-thick material being eyed for flexible electronics and next-generation optical...
Nov 15, 20163 min read


Controlling the properties of matter in two-dimensional crystals
By creating atomic chains in a two-dimensional crystal, researchers at Penn State believe they have found a way to control the direction...
Oct 28, 20163 min read
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