Goldene: A single atom layer of gold

Re:Goldene: A single atom layer of gold by Bjartr on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @10:55PM (#40072522)

Electron microscopes are capable of resolving details that small.

Here's a side-on view of what they did. You can see the individual gold atoms.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44160-024-00518-4/figures/1

And here's a top down view

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44160-024-00518-4/figures/2

Both of these are from the paper describing their process and results

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44160-024-00518-4

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Re:Goldene: A single atom layer of gold by aledalgrande on Thursday April 18, 2024 @01:11AM (#40073172)

Thanks for posting the photos, I don't know why I had this image of perfect square sheet in my mind. Of course it doesn't work like that and they are more like shreds. Very cool to be able to see them.

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Re:Goldene: A single atom layer of gold by robinduckett on Thursday April 18, 2024 @02:32AM (#40073528)

That side on view is wild and I didn’t know that the resolutions of electron microscopes had gotten that good where you can make out individual atoms. Insane.

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Re:Goldene: A single atom layer of gold by rcxdude on Thursday April 18, 2024 @04:03AM (#40074002)

They have been that good for a while

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Re:Goldene: A single atom layer of gold by RantyDave on Thursday April 18, 2024 @02:37AM (#40073559)

Holy crap, I want one.

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