A geometric recipe for stabilizing atomically thin metals
Metallenes are atomically thin metals whose unique properties make them extremely promising for nanoscale applications. However, their extreme thinness makes them also flimsy. Now, researchers at the Nanoscience Center of the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) have succeeded in identifying the principles that can maximize their stability. The solution may open up opportunities in materials design, nano‐electronics, energy production, and biomedicine. The findings are published in the journal Nanoscale. Metallenes possess exceptional properties that make them highly attractive for future applications in advanced electronics, high‐efficiency energy storage, sensors, and catalysis. However, their tendency to collapse due to metallic bonding has made their synthesis difficult, often requiring confinement within the pores of template materials as small patches.
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