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'Carpet' growth method yields long-sought 2D quantum material
Source: Phys.org · Published
For decades, physicists have sought a practical two-dimensional topological insulator: an ultrathin material whose interior blocks electricity but whose edges conduct it. In ordinary wires, electrons…
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