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World's thinnest gold measures just two atoms thick

New Atlas - Wed 7 Aug 19

Gold is a key element for electronic devices, and since those devices are always shrinking, engineers need to find ways to make smaller components too. On that path, scientists from the ...

Scientists create the world's thinnest gold

Cosmos Magazine - Tue 6 Aug 19

Introducing the skinny but efficient ‘nanoseaweed’.

Scientists create the world's thinnest gold, Phys.org - Tue 6 Aug 19
Scientists create the world's thinnest gold, Eurekalert - Tue 6 Aug 19

Scientists create gold one million times thinner than a fingernail

ZME Science - Fri 9 Aug 19

One million times thinner than a human fingernail — that’s how thin is the new form of gold created by a group of scientists at the University of Leeds. It’s the thinnest unsupported ...

Bizarre 'Nanoseaweed' Is the Thinnest Gold in the World

Livescience - Wed 7 Aug 19

The thinnest gold in the world will, sadly, not be adorning your fingers anytime soon.

Scientists create the thinnest gold plates ever, just two atoms thick

ZME Science - Tue 6 Aug 19

All of the bling, none of the volume.

The world's thinnest gold could revolutionize the electronics industry

Techspot - Tue 6 Aug 19

Researchers at the University of Leeds in England have developed a new type of gold that is just two atoms thick. Dubbed 2D gold, the material measures only 0.47 nanometers thick – or roughly ...

Researchers create '2D' gold a million times thinner than a fingernail

Engadget - Tue 6 Aug 19

Scientists have created the world's thinnest gold. At just two atoms thick, the material is one million times thinner than a human fingernail, which is big news for the tech industry. ...

Leeds team synthesise world’s thinnest gold

The Engineer - Thu 8 Aug 19

The thinnest unsupported form of gold ever created, at just two atoms thick, has been synthesised by researchers in the UK. The 2D material, which consists of two layers of atoms sitting on ...

Leeds’ Scientists Develop the Thinnest Unsupported Gold in the World

AZoNano - Wed 7 Aug 19

Researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a new type of gold which has a thickness of just two atoms—the thinnest unsupported gold ever produced. The scientists measured ...