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IMAGE: Rice University scientists extended their technique to produce graphene in a flash to tailor the properties of 2D dichalcogenides molybdenum disulfide and tungsten disulfide, quickly turning them into metastable metallics. view more
Credit: Tour Group/Rice University
HOUSTON - (Jan. 11, 2021) - Rice University scientists have extended their technique to produce graphene in a flash to tailor the properties of other 2D materials.
The labs of chemist James Tour and materials theorist Boris Yakobson reported in the American Chemical Society s
ACS Nano they have successfully flashed bulk amounts of 2D dichalcogenides, changing them from semiconductors to metallics.
Such materials are valuable for electronics, catalysis and as lubricants, among other applications.