Will 2-D tin be the next super material?

Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 14:01 in Physics & Chemistry

A single layer of tin atoms could be the world's first material to conduct electricity with 100 percent efficiency at the temperatures that computer chips operate, according to a team of theoretical physicists led by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University.

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