Dozens of new two-dimensional materials similar to graphene are now available, thanks to research fromUniversity of Manchester科学家们。
The problem has been that the vast majority of these atomically thin 2D crystals are unstable in air, so react and decompose before their properties can be determined and their potential applications investigated.
Writing in纳米字母，曼彻斯特大学队展示了如何量身定制的制造方法可以使这些先前无法访问的材料有用。
By protecting the new reactive crystals with more stable 2D materials, such as graphene, via computer control in a specially designed inert gas chamber environments, these materials can be successfully isolated to a single atomic layer for the first time.
组合薄叠层中的一系列2D材料使科学家有机会控制材料的性质，这可以允许“资料 - 订单”满足行业的需求。
用于卫星通信的高频电子设备，以及用于移动能量存储的轻量级电池只是可能从本研究中受益的应用领域的两个。突破可以允许许多可分别研究的原子薄材料，也可以作为具有这种具有这种定制性质的多层器件的构建块。
The team, led by Dr Roman Gorbachev, used their unique fabrication method on two particular two-dimensional crystals that have generated intense scientific interest in the past 12 months but are unstable in air: black phosphorus and niobium diselenide.
该技术开创的技术允许首次揭示这些空气敏感的2D晶体的独特特性和优异的电子特性。
The isolation of graphene in 2004 by a University of Manchester team lead by Sir Andre Geim and Sir Kostya Novoselov led to the discovery of a range of 2D materials, each with specific properties and qualities.
戈尔巴乔夫博士说：“这是2D材料研究领域的一个重要突破，因为它允许我们大大增加我们可以使用我们的扩展2D水晶工具箱进行实验的各种材料。
“The more materials we have to play with, the greater potential there is for creating applications that could revolutionise the way we live.” Sir Andre Geim added.
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