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Technical University of Munich (TUM)

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Crystals of black arsenic phosphorus -- exchanging phsphorus against arsenic, the band gap can be tuned to as low as 0.15 eV, making the material predestined for long wavelength infrared sensors.

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Andreas Battenberg / TUM

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