Scientists have successfully fabricated gold sheets that measure only one atom in thickness using an ancient Japanese forging technique. The thin gold sheets exhibit semiconductor properties.
For the first time, scientists have successfully fabricated gold sheets that measure only one atom in thickness.hydrogen
“If you make a material extremely thin, something extraordinary happens – as with graphene. The same thing happens with gold,” said Shun Kashiwaya, a researcher at the Materials Design Division at Linköping University, in a statement. “But when we exposed the component to high temperature, the silicon layer was replaced by gold inside the base material,” said Lars Hultman, a professor of thin film physics at LiU, in a
Since light causes cyanide to form in the reaction and destroy gold, the etching must likewise be done in complete darkness. Stabilizing the gold sheets was the final step. A surfactant was applied to stop the exposed two-dimensional sheets from curling up. Here, a tenside—a lengthy molecule that divides and stabilizes the sheets—is involved.
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