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Plenty of motion at the bottom: atomically thin liquid gold membrane
Topi KorhonenPekka Koskinensubject
PhysicsCondensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physicsta114free-standing 2D liquidGraphenePhysics::OpticsFOS: Physical sciencesNanotechnologygold membranelaw.inventionMembranePlanarquantum molecular dynamics simulationslawPhase (matter)Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)Nanoscale PhenomenaGeneral Materials ScienceMetal nanostructuresRelativistic quantum chemistryNanoscopic scaledescription
The discovery of graphene some ten years ago was the first proof of a free-standing two-dimensional (2D) solid phase. Here, using quantum molecular dynamics simulations of nanoscale gold patches suspended in graphene pores, we predict the existence of an atomically thin, free-standing 2D liquid phase. The liquid phase, enabled by the exceptional planar stability of gold due to relativistic effects, demonstrates extreme fluxionality of metal nanostructures and opens possibilities for a variety of nanoscale phenomena.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-20 | Nanoscale |