His team prepared a series of
ultrathin crystals made of tri - and hexa - functionalized terpyridine - based groups joined by Zn2 + ions.
In late April, another group of researchers published their observations of magnetism in
an ultrathin crystal made of chromium, germanium and tellurium.
A true 2D magnet would retain its magnetism at the single - atom layer, but
this ultrathin crystal was only magnetic at multiple layers.
Not exact matches
The secret is an
ultrathin liquid -
crystal layer sandwiched between two layers of glass.
The «teats» are actually receptacles containing aluminium, gallium and arsenic; the «udders» are high - vacuum reaction chambers in which
ultrathin layers of
crystal are grown on circular wafers of gallium arsenide, 75 or 100 millimetres across.
The prototype adaptive soft robot includes a liquid
crystal elastomer, doped with carbon black nanoparticles to enhance thermal conductivity, as the artificial muscle, combined with
ultrathin mesh shaped stretchable thermal actuators and silicon - based light sensors.
The team now reports that graphene, with its
ultrathin, Teflon - like properties, can be sandwiched between a wafer and its semiconducting layer, providing a barely perceptible, nonstick surface through which the semiconducting material's atoms can still rearrange in the pattern of the wafer's
crystals.
LMU chemists have developed a photonic
crystal from
ultrathin nanosheets which are extremely sensitive to moisture.
To help with understanding the
crystal structure, Steve Hackney, professor of materials science at Michigan Tech, was able to provide crucial high - resolution images and diffraction patterns using transmission electron microscopy on
ultrathin samples prepared with a diamond knife by Owen Mills, director of Michigan Tech's Applied Chemical & Morphological Analysis Laboratory.