Last year, scientists created a gold sheet that was a single atom ... the team discovered that the MoS 2 layers kept the thin metal sheets stable. "A single layer of free-standing metal atoms ...

“If you make a material extremely thin, something extraordinary happens ... be done in complete darkness. Stabilizing the gold sheets was the final step. A surfactant was applied to stop ...

According to a report in Nature(via Interesting Engineering), researchers from the Chinese Academy of Physics can create super-thin sheets, just one or two atoms thick, out of materials including ...

Chinese scientists have found a way to squeeze metals into ultra-thin sheets – no more than a few atoms thick. Some experts believe the feat could revolutionise the way electronic devices are ...