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IMAGE: Left to right: Fatih Ersan, Can Ataca, Gracie Chaney, Jaron Kropp, and Daniel Wines, all members of Ataca s research group, discuss their work on 2D materials. These materials are one-atom-thick. view more
Credit: Marlayna Demond for UMBC
New 2D materials have the potential to transform technologies, with applications from solar cells to smartphones and wearable electronics, explains UMBC s Can Ataca, assistant professor of physics. These materials consist of a single layer of atoms bound together in a crystal structure. In fact, they re so thin that a stack of 10 million of them would only be 1 millimeter thick. And sometimes, Ataca says, less is more. Some 2D materials are more effective and efficient than similar materials that are much thicker.
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