CGT and Adhesive Tape (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

CGT and Adhesive Tape

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Progressively thinner flakes of a van der Waals material--shown is chromium germanium telluride (CGT)--are created by repeatedly peeling off layers with adhesive tape. Berkeley Lab researchers have discovered intrinsic ferromagnetism in 2-D layers of this material.

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Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab

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