Hacker NewsMIT physicists turn pencil lead into "gold"
https://news.mit.edu/2023/mit-physicists-turn-pencil-lead-into-gold-1114
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https://news.mit.edu/2023/mit-physicists-turn-pencil-lead-into-gold-1114
#ycombinator #MIT_Materials_Research_Laboratory #graphite #Graphene #Twistronics #Long_Ju #electron_correlation #pentalayer_rhombohedral_stacked_graphene #s_SNOM #Tonghang_Han #Zhengguang_Lu #Tianyi_Han
MIT physicists turn pencil lead into “gold”
MIT physicists have metaphorically turned graphite, or pencil lead, into gold by isolating five ultrathin flakes stacked in a specific order. The resulting material can then be tuned to exhibit three important properties never before seen in natural graphite.