Scientists Create Atomically Thin Metallic Boron "Borophene"

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story imageA team of scientists has, for the first time, created a two-dimensional sheet of boron. This new 2D material is named as borophene.

Scientists have been interested in two-dimensional materials for their unique characteristics, particularly involving their electronic properties. Borophene is an unusual material because it shows many metallic properties at the nanoscale even though three-dimensional, or bulk, boron is nonmetallic and semiconducting.

Atomically thin != 2D (Score: 1)

by kwerle@pipedot.org on 2016-02-16 17:59 (#1450E)

Please. Atoms have a size. They are three dimensional. Things made of atoms are not two dimensional.
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