A new technical paper titled “A unified approach and descriptor for the thermal expansion of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers” was published by researchers at MIT and Southern University of Science and Technology (China).
“A new technique that accurately measures how atom-thin materials expand when heated could help engineers develop faster, more powerful electronic devices.,” states this MIT news article. “Rather than directly measuring how the material expands, they use laser light to track vibrations of the atoms that comprise the material. Taking measurements of one 2D material on three different surfaces, or substrates, allows them to accurately extract its thermal expansion coefficient.”
Find the open access technical paper here. Published November 2022.
SCIENCE ADVANCES
18 Nov 2022
Vol 8, Issue 46
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abo3783
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