(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee-Knoxville have created an innovative method to visualize and analyze atomic structures within specially designed, ultrathin bilayer 2D materials. When precisely aligned at an angle, these materials exhibit unique properties that could lead to advancements in quantum computing, superconductors, and ultraefficient electronics.

These developments bolster U.S. leadership in materials innovation, energy technologies, and secure communication, and they lay the groundwork for a future defined by leading-edge progress.

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