07.24.2005 15:14
One-atom-thick materials [not a typo]: Flatland redux
It's only been 100 years since Einstein's papers
strongly supporting the atomic theory of matter, and scientists are
investigating materials which are one atom thick. That's
investigating their properties, as in examining such existing
materials, not speculating about their properties.
The University of Manchester has a press release, One-atom-thick materials promise a 'new industrial revolution' (18 July, 2005) about the research by a joint British-Russian team lead by Professor Andre Geim, Director of the Manchester Centre for Mesoscience and Nanotechnology, and who discovered the first example of such two-dimensional materials.
Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends blog has some pictures of such materials at One-atom-thick materials?.
This is strange enough for me to become interested in nanotechnology.
There are some references to recent science fiction works which include such materials, but I haven't seen Flatland, A Romance of Many Dimensions mentioned yet. The version at Flatland, by E.A. Abbott, 1884 has the illustrations and 'next' links at the bottom of each page.
The University of Manchester has a press release, One-atom-thick materials promise a 'new industrial revolution' (18 July, 2005) about the research by a joint British-Russian team lead by Professor Andre Geim, Director of the Manchester Centre for Mesoscience and Nanotechnology, and who discovered the first example of such two-dimensional materials.
Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends blog has some pictures of such materials at One-atom-thick materials?.
This is strange enough for me to become interested in nanotechnology.
There are some references to recent science fiction works which include such materials, but I haven't seen Flatland, A Romance of Many Dimensions mentioned yet. The version at Flatland, by E.A. Abbott, 1884 has the illustrations and 'next' links at the bottom of each page.
A Square's house seen from Sphereland
