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A Chain of Copper and Carbon Atoms May be Thinnest Metallic Wire

Researchers at EPFL have employed computational tools to look for new 1-D materials that could be exfoliated from known 3-D crystals.

Researchers from the Laboratory for Theory and Simulation of Materials at EPFL have used computational methods to identify what could be the thinnest possible metallic wire, as well as several other unidimensional materials with properties that could prove interesting for many applications. Unidimensional (or 1-D) materials are one of the most intriguing products of nanotechnology and are made of atoms aligned in the form of wires or tubes. Their electrical, magnetic, and optical properties m...

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