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Vienna University of Technology

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The model developed at TU Wien explains why tiny holes - only a few nanometers in size - are formed in some two-dimensional materials when they are bombarded with highly charged ions, but not in others. The effect of nano-hole formation can be exploited to produce novel sieves for certain molecules.

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