Goldene

Researchers produce thinnest sheet of metal ever using a 100-year old Japanese technique — Goldene could pave way for super catalysts, ultra high density optical storage and much more

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Researchers produce thinnest sheet of metal ever using a 100-year old Japanese technique — Goldene could pave way for super catalysts, ultra high density optical storage and much more

Described by Nature as the “gilded cousin of Graphene”, Goldene is a one-atom-thick sheet of gold created by scientists from Linköping University (LiU) in Sweden.  It has unique properties that the researchers believe could pave the way for applications such as carbon dioxide conversion, hydrogen production, water purification, and communication. Shun Kashiwaya, a researcher at … Read more

‘Goldene’ is a gilded cousin of graphene that is one atom thick

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‘Goldene’ is a gilded cousin of graphene that is one atom thick

Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Researchers have synthesized sheets of gold that are one atom thick.Credit: imaginima/Getty Goldene is a cousin of graphene, the single-atom-thick sheet of carbon first discovered in 2004 — but made of gold. Goldene is roughly 400 … Read more